The proceeds from each glass of lemonade will help fund many of the out-of-pocket costs each trip will incur, including lodging, travel and more.
And?
I don't see anything showing that her medical services aren't covered by insurance and/or hospital financial assistance to where the family will have to pay anything toward them. Nothing I see where they're asking for money talks about needing it to have the surgeries. It's been certain she's having them performed by the best who can do the procedure.
I don't think any medical insurance or program, private or public, covers supplemental costs like travel from Alabama to Boston. As to the lodging, I know that's the purpose of Ronald McDonald Houses and I see there is one right there that works with the Boston Children's Hospital.
And that may well be what they're doing. Now that I look at the fundraiser page, I see it's for these costs to keep things going as they were while away:
As with any medical journey, the overwhelming additional expenses, time away from work, and additional resources needed to keep up with things at home is already piling up. The next year will require a tremendous commitment of our family, our business, and anyone who is willing to join in this journey with us. As a single mom to two amazing gifts from God, it is taking a village to care for Liza, my 3 year old little boy, Finnley, our puppy Millie, and our home.
This is the stuff that supplemental insurance like you see in the aflac ads covers.
From a fundraising perspective, it certainly is smart to let it be framed as selling lemonade to pay for the brain surgeries. But this isn't the smoking gun as to american healthcare and insurance.
