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Mr Beast does a lot of things, but the most philanthropic of his efforts shouldn’t even need to exist in a society with a functioning medical care system. Inst
by browningstreet 3y ago
Mr Beast does a lot of things, but the most philanthropic of his efforts shouldn’t even need to exist in a society with a functioning medical care system.
Instead of dragging him for his “I fixed people’s hearing” videos we (Americans) should be embarrassed that a YouTuber is a medical benefactor for fairly basic problems.
- bitshiftfaced 3y agoI'm sorry if I'm missing something, but I don't actually watch the channel. Is this what you're referring to? > In it, Donaldson and his team give away over “$3 million worth of cutting-edge hearing technology” to 1,000 people across the U.S., Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, South Africa, Malwai and Indonesia. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/mrbeast-inspiration-porn-deaf-people https://nationalpost.com/news/world/mrbeast-inspiration-porn... It looks like, in the USA, children with an IEP qualify under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) https://www.understood.org/en/articles/at-a-glance-free-and-appropriate-public-education https://www.understood.org/en/articles/at-a-glance-free-and-... Also, it appears at least in some states, those with Medicaid would also qualify.