Health crisis for Mary Lou Retton

Without benefit of the doubt -- unless she had a prenup, she divorced a guy after nearly 30 years of marriage and he's worth millions of dollars. Half that and you should be ok.

I'd also point out that, say three speaking engagments a year would probably be good enough to cover her medical needs

 

I mean: 25-40K per event

Mary Lou Retton

 

I’m also guessing that she also 1. makes too much money and/or 2. lives in a state that doesn’t have insurance subsidies either.

 

The USOC should have her on its payroll for life for what she did in 1984.

Even if it's for a no-show job. And it should include health coverage, especially if her injuries are directly related to her training.

She's why that Olympics, and all others since, have been so successful.

Of course that's not the reality, I get it.

I never get a plan but the "Cadillac" plan offered by my employer. It will not cover everything, but it gives me some piece of mind.

 

Yeah, what Wicked just said.

I believe some of her endorsement deals are with insurance companies, at some point in the negotiations her representatives should have demanded she be hired in a "consultant" position which would be covered under health insurance.

 

You see, those speaking engagements ...

 

Yeah, I get that. She's not lacking for the $$$.

 

It's the only thing here that makes me call bullshit. I really don't think the daughters were clueless to the fact that Mary Lou had a few dollars in her mattress. I'm sure they all were afraid. But you turn to crowdfunding only if you truly need it.

 

Presumably she had lawyers during the divorce process, the lawyers would be highly negligent if they did not make efforts to make sure her health coverage situations would be addressed in the settlement, particularly if she has indeed faced long term conditions such as hip replacements, etc etc.

 

It was the nonsensical explanation that gave me pause.

"COVID" (what about it?)
"divorce" (OK, what about it?)
"preexisting" (not an issue anymore)

I know the reason, because she gave it away a little later. "But who would even know that this was going to happen to me!?!!??!" she said. Her daughters range in age from 21-28, so at least three of them should be on their own now.

She's 56 years old in two weeks and, by her account, had 30 operations (anesthesia does affect the lungs). That's how it can happen.

Respiratory complications in the postanesthesia care unit: A review of pathophysiological mechanisms.

Then again, I pay $32/month for health insurance. Medicare is going to seem like a financial drain by comparison.

 

If she's really had 30 operations, and I certainly don't have any real reason to doubt it, her lawyers would be HIGHLY negligent to not make sure continuing health care coverage would be addressed in any divorce settlement or even estate planning in general.

 

I pay three times that for a week’s coverage. Funny how hospitals often give their employees crap insurance.