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booletsandblossoms:

This little one’s name is Karson. He’s six months old and was born with a heart defect. He’s already gone through open heart surgery, and will likely need more surgeries, procedures, and tests as he gets older.

To help with the medical bills, his grandma is making and selling homemade caramels. They’re not very pricey- six bucks for plain and seven bucks for pecan, sea salt, or cayenne, and you get a half pound of candy.

Get a bag, get some nummy candy, and help a sick little kid in the process.

(I don’t know these people personally- I just think it’s a nice way to do good for someone in need. And yes, I bought some myself- one bag of sea salt caramels are heading to my mouth house as we speak. :3 )

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Homemade-Caramels-Karson-Help-Pay-Medical-Bills-Open-Heart-Surgery-/120898618030?_trksid=m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8418608771467092533

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I may have to buy myself some candy. :)

The state of health care in America: people are making and selling candy to pay medical bills to keep a newborn alive. This shouldn’t be happening. I hope in the near future Karson’s able to have full health insurance coverage.

That said, since this is reality right now, please consider buying some candy to help him.

-Jess

This is not a one time occurrence or even the exception, people.

At the hospital I volunteer at, I see kids wearing t-shirts from fundraiser’s their parents had to hold to pay for their kid’s medical bills. Some of them have multiple t-shirts describing different fundraisers. Most of these kids have insurance, too. It’s not just uninsured kids. It’s families that have insurance but can’t cover the cost of what the insurance companies don’t pay for.

One had a fundraiser at a local pizza place, another hosted a walk/race to raise money. Another had an “up all night” fundraiser.

Please help this child out.

This is the state of our health care system. We have to hold fundraisers to pay medical bills and yet republicans want you to believe there is nothing wrong and that Obamacare (and any future health care reform) should be repealed.

Love,

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todayinlaborhistory:

Today in labor history, May 16, 1938:  The U.S. Supreme Court issues its decision in the case of NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co., permitting employers to permanently replace striking workers.  The court said that management could not fire strikers, but could “permanently replace” them.  The United States remains one of the few countries in the world where it is legal for strikers to lose their jobs. 

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thedailywhat:

Follow-Up of the Day: George Zimmerman May Be Charged With Hate Crime: George Zimmerman, currently facing second-degree murder charges in the February 26 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, also may be charged with a hate crime. According to Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV:

WFTV has learned charges against George Zimmerman could be getting more serious.

State prosecutors said Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, profiled and stalked 17-year-old Trayvon Martin before killing him, so the FBI is now looking into charging him with a hate crime.

Zimmerman admitted to killing Martin in February during a confrontation. However, he claims the shooting was in self-defense. He’s facing a second-degree murder charge, which carries a maximum possible sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. But if Zimmerman is charged and found guilty of a federal hate crime involving murder, he could face the death penalty.

FBI investigators are actively questioning witnesses in the retreat at the Twin Lakes neighborhood, seeking evidence for a possible federal hate crime charge.

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