Fundraiser For Oregon Shooting Hero Chris Mintz Raises More Than $650G In One Day

[Purveyor]

Source: BY RICH SCHAPIRO NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, Oc

BY RICH SCHAPIRO Saturday, October 3, 2015, 5:39 PM

A fundraising campaign to cover Oregon shooting hero Chris Mintz’s medical costs has gone viral — raising more than $650,000 in just one day.

The 30-year-old Army veteran was shot seven times while trying to block gunman Chris Harper Mercer from entering his classroom at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg.

Mintz took three bullets after Mercer forced open the door.

The wounded man, whose autistic son Tyrik turned six Thursday, pleaded for his life as Mercer raised his gun to finish him off.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fundraiser-ore-shooting-hero-raises-650g-article-1.2384314

[yeoman6987]

1. That is wonderful

Americans are so generous. I hope he recovers quickly.

[7962]

2. Yes!

[ribrepin]

3. That's great for that victim - he's going to need it

I hope the other victims get the same help.

[restorefreedom]

4. i am glad about all the $ raised

but the idea that people in this supposedly advanced country have to set up gofundme accounts to pay their medical bills while the 1% hide from taxes offshore is shameful and cringeworthy imo.

[WestSeattle2]

5. Well said.

[2theleft]

6. My thoughts exactly.

And he is a veteran. It is disgusting.

Good on all the people that donated, it is heartwarming, but shouldn't have to happen.

[Merlot]

7. Agreed. And while $650K sounds like a lot of money

if he doesn't have insurance, with 7 bullet wounds he's going to need much more money to cover his hospitalization and rehab bills.

[KingCharlemagne]

11. Ding! Ding! Ding! - nt

[William Seger]

13. It's also disgusting that compassion leaches at GoFundMe made $35,000

... for doing what Facebook does for free: putting up a web page. (That doesn't include the fees for credit card transactions; GoFundMe doesn't do anything but put up a link to a real payment processor which adds another fee.) People who use GoFundMe just don't seem to realize how much those compassion hustlers are exploiting their misery.

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. He's a veteran. Can he go to the VA hospital?

Don't get me wrong. I'm all for covering his medical and living expenses until he's good to go, but since he's a veteran, can he get his medical care through the VA?

[restorefreedom]

9. i bet he could

if congress hadn't sold out the vets. those hospitals need some serious improvements. i agree in theory that he should be able to, but his care would probably be less than optimal sadly.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

10. He's a fucking American HERO!

He should be sent to Walter Reed.

[restorefreedom]

12. is walter reed in good shape?

if so then i cmpletely agree. there have been horror stories floating around about the conditions and care at some of these facilities, which if true, makes me sick.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

15. It's where the President gets his care, so yeah.i

[restorefreedom]

16. well then, in that case, i agree

that hero deserves no less.

[24601]

14. It's a good question without a simple answer. Veterans are categorized based on multiple factors

that determine eligibility and priority for VA care. http://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/apply/veterans.asp

Basic Eligibility: The individual must be a person who served in the active military service and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable is a Veteran. If this is so, the person may be eligible. (Reserves or National Guard members with active duty for training purposes only do not meet the basic eligibility requirement.)

Minimum Duty Requirements: Most Veterans who enlisted after September 7, 1980, or entered active duty after October 16, 1981, must have served 24 continuous months or the full period for which they were called to active duty in order to be eligible. This minimum duty requirement may not apply to Veterans who were discharged for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty, for a hardship or “early out,” or those who served prior to September 7, 1980. There are a number of other exceptions to the minimum duty requirements.

Then, veterans are will be assigned a Priority Group which range from 1-8 with 1 being the highest priority for enrollment.
Some Veterans may have to agree to pay copay to be placed in certain Priority Groups and some Veterans may not be eligible for enrollment. Veterans may be eligible for more than one Enrollment Priority Group. In that case, VA will always place the veteran in the highest Priority Group that they are eligible for. Under the Medical Benefits Package, the same services are generally available to all enrolled Veterans. VA determines eligibility for VA’s comprehensive medical benefits package through our patient enrollment system, which is based on Priority Groups from 1 through 8.

Priority Group 1
- Veterans with VA-rated service-connected disabilities 50% or more disabling

Priority Group 2
- Veterans with VA-rated service-connected disabilities 30% or 40% disabling

Priority Group 3
- Veterans who are Former Prisoners of War (POWs)
- Veterans awarded a Purple Heart medal
- Veterans whose discharge was for a disability that was incurred or aggravated in the line of duty
- Veterans with VA-rated service-connected disabilities 10% or 20% disabling
- Veterans awarded special eligibility classification under Title 38, U.S.C., § 1151, “benefits for individuals disabled by
treatment or vocational rehabilitation”
- Veterans awarded the Medal Of Honor (MOH)

Priority Group 4
- Veterans who are receiving aid and attendance or housebound benefits from VA
- Veterans who have been determined by VA to be catastrophically disabled

Priority Group 5
- Nonservice-connected Veterans and noncompensable service-connected Veterans rated 0% disabled by VA with annual
income below the VA’s and geographically (based on your resident zip code) adjusted income limits.
- Veterans receiving VA pension benefits
- Veterans eligible for Medicaid programs

Priority Group 6
- Compensable 0% service-connected Veterans
- Veterans exposed to Ionizing Radiation during atmospheric testing or during the occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Project 112/SHAD participants
- Veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between January 9,1962 and May 7,1975
- Veterans of the Persian Gulf War who served between August 2, 1990 and November 11, 1998
- *Veterans who served on active duty at Camp Lejeune for not fewer than 30 days beginning August 1, 1953 and ending
December 31, 1987
- Veterans who served in a theater of combat operations after November 11, 1998 as follows:
-- Currently enrolled Veterans and new enrollees who were discharged from active duty on or after January 28, 2003,
are eligible for the enhanced benefits for 5 years post discharge.
-- Combat Veterans who were discharged between January 2009 and January 2011, and did not enroll in the VA health
care during their 5 year period of eligibility have an additional one year to enroll and receive care. The additional
one-year eligibility period began February 12, 2015 with the signing of the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for America
Veterans Act.

Note: At the end of this enhanced enrollment priority group placement time period Veterans will be assigned to the highest Priority Group their unique eligibility status at that time qualifies for.

*Note: While eligible for Priority Group (PG) 6; until system changes are implemented you would be assigned to PG 7 or 8 depending on your income.

Priority Group 7
- Veterans with gross household income below the geographically-adjusted income limits (GMT) for their resident location
and who agree to pay copays

Priority Group 8
- Veterans with gross household income above the VA and the geographically-adjusted income limits for their resident location and who agrees to pay copays

Veterans eligible for enrollment:
- Noncompensable 0% service-connected:
-- Subpriority a: Enrolled as of January 16, 2003, and who have remained enrolled since that date and/or placed in
this sub priority due to changed eligibility status
-- Subpriority b: Enrolled on or after June 15, 2009 whose income exceeds the current VA or geographic income limits
by 10% or less

- Nonservice-connected and:
-- Subpriority c: Enrolled as of January 16, 2003, and who have remained enrolled since that date and/or placed in this
sub priority due to changed eligibility status
-- Subpriority d: Enrolled on or after June 15, 2009 whose income exceeds the current VA or geographic income limits
by 10% or less

Veterans not eligible for enrollment:
Veterans not meeting the criteria above:

-- Subpriority e: Noncompensable 0% service-connected (eligible for care of their SC condition only)
-- Subpriority g: Nonservice-connected

[dembotoz]

17. wouldn't it be nice if a) he had universal coverages so it was not an issue and b) decent gun

control so this shit never happened