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Help Ken of HeliOS project with unexpected health cost
- whiskeyjack 17y agoReddit responded well to this (http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/9csju/help_ken_of_helios_project_with_unexpected_health/ http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/9csju/help_ken_of_hel...) but I'm hoping I can maybe raise the visibility a little more here at Hacker News. Ken of the HeliOS project collapsed of exhaustion and dehydration the other day. He had to be taken to hospital and stay a night. The costs associated are bad for his non-profit. You can help. The HeliOS project receives donations of money/machines, outfits them with Linux, and gives them to those in need in Austin, Texas. It's not just Linux Advocacy, it helps others. Now he could use a hand. Spread the word. Tweet #HelpHelios and help someone who's helped many others.
- jacquesm 17y agoThat sucks. Doesn't your health insurance normally cover this sort of thing ?
- whiskeyjack 17y agoKen was laid off a number of months back... but he continued the HeliOS project in spite of it. (I am, obviously, not Ken. :) )
- timmaah 17y agoMy copay for the stay is 300 dollars He obviously does have insurance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copayment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copayment
- whiskeyjack 17y agoAh. I was unaware of this. I'm a Canuck so was unfamiliar with the term.
- jacquesm 17y agoThank you, I didn't get that. So that is what they call 'eigen risico' here.
- quoderat 17y agoNot to inject politics into this, but can't we get some universal health care up in here, like the rest of the civilized world? I can't think of a single better way to increase entrepreneurship.
- timmaah 17y agoIt's being fought for this summer. (Not universal, but a step towards it) My contribution to the cause is working IT for the cause at a good deal less then what I'd be paid (or expect to be paid) at a for-profit. I won't inject politics either, but asking for it on HN won't make it happen. Get involved.
- chrischen 17y agoI'll donate to any cause against Microsoft!