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Ebola Patient Needs $500,000 to Cover Medical Bills
Fiscal Times ^ | 15 hrs ago | Beth Braverman

Posted on 10/10/2014 11:37:46 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister

The 33-year-old freelance cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia is fighting for his life at the University of Nebraska Medical Center this week. He’s also racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills.

According to a GoFundMe campaign launched Monday by his friends, Ashoka Mukpo’s medical bills could run in excess of $500,000.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Indiana; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: abortion; buddhism; deathpanels; ebola; gofundme; homosexualagenda; indiana; lama; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; mikepence; nebraska; obamacare; reincarnation; rfra; shambhala; tantricsex; zerocare
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To: dennisw

Despite the strange sounding name, this guy is an American. I do like the idea of raising funds this way == every cent voluntarily given. It won’t work for everyone, but he is a rather interesting and popular man.


61 posted on 10/11/2014 8:31:55 AM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Bluebird Singing

That was going to be my question. If he is American why doesn’t he have insurance....Obamacare?


62 posted on 10/11/2014 8:36:46 AM PDT by sheana
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To: Dilbert San Diego

No. In law, the only thing that survives are debts owed by you.

I paid for the funeral expenses since they were my responsibility.

I thank God that I wasn’t crippled by debt. $500,000 is not something most people have on hand.


63 posted on 10/11/2014 8:43:37 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: sheana

He did have travelers’ insurance. But it didn’t cover outbreaks and epidemics. So he was screwed when he came home.

In the end, charity care will probably pick up what private donations can’t cover.


64 posted on 10/11/2014 8:47:01 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: fatnotlazy

I payed all my Mom’s bills after she died. I don’t know why people think they can just let that go. Does anyone wonder why hospital bills are so high when we have a bunch of losers not paying for their families responsibilities. It is repulsive. No wonder Democrats are getting more and more in charge of morals. Even conservatives have become thieves.


65 posted on 10/11/2014 9:22:19 AM PDT by napscoordinator (I guarantee every FRiend Misses the lost opportunity of a President Santorum!)
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To: Veto!

I know Mukpo is American...... I was comparing him to the Liberian scamsters/parasites/idiots who are not paying one red cent BUT are going to be be suing over racist hospital care for Ebola Guy who expired anyway


66 posted on 10/11/2014 9:28:35 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Bluebird Singing

My version was a more logical sequence of events than reality. Sounds like the Buddhist guy was more than decent, adopting a son with whom she became pregnant due to an affair. Then she divorced him. What a gem.


67 posted on 10/11/2014 10:38:52 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: CorporateStepsister
Obola supporting Comcast/NBC has deep pockets. Let the Corporation live up to example given by Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-crisis-sheds-light-on-controversial-samaritans-purse/2014/08/20/0b9d670a-27b5-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html

68 posted on 10/11/2014 10:50:57 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Patriot Babe

He’s a freelancer, an independent contractor, not an employee of the network.


69 posted on 10/11/2014 10:55:46 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Jedidah
True, but a big Obola supporter like Comcast/NBC should step up to the plate and do what is right. Period! ; )
70 posted on 10/11/2014 10:58:09 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: CorporateStepsister

Obama should just pay it out of his stash.


71 posted on 10/11/2014 10:59:27 AM PDT by jetson (S)
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To: Chgogal

And well they may. I was just stating fact.


72 posted on 10/11/2014 10:59:48 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Jedidah
And I happily agreed with you. I did not know to what extent Franklin Graham went to rescue and save the Missionaries from Ebola. It was heroic, ethical, inspiring and he set a high standard that should be aspired to by people in leadership positions everywhere. [My post #68]

I was really impressed.

73 posted on 10/11/2014 11:05:09 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: napscoordinator
The only bill I didn't pay was for the ambulance. My uncle's insurance was administered from an office in Georgia, but the ambulance service originally filed its claim with another office in Pennsylvania. So I wrote to the ambulance service, gave it the right address and asked that the claim be resubmitted ASAP as I was ready to close out the estate. After about 2 months with no word, I settled the estate.

About a year later, a clerk at the local post office gave me an envelope addressed to my uncle. When my uncle had passed, I filled out a forwarding order to have his mail sent to me. That forwarding order had expired, so by rights the post office should have returned the mail to sender, but since I was at the post office and the clerk was a friend, I asked for the mail.

It was a bill from the ambulance service. There is a rule that insurance claims mist be submitted no later than one year from the date of service. The ambulance service waited too long, so its claim was denied and now the ambulance service was trying to collect from my uncle.

Family members thought the bill should have been paid anyway, but I said ________ them. The company didn't listen to me and waited too long to resubmit, so tough tookies.

By the way, said ambulance service later got into trouble over alleged Medicare fraud. Another ambulance service has taken its place.

74 posted on 10/11/2014 12:46:38 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: KittyKares

You are right. It is very bizarre.


75 posted on 10/11/2014 7:42:49 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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