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ehrnst

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Wed Jan 8, 2014, 04:27 PM Jan 2014

Restaurant owner in TX selling restaurant to cover employee brain tumor treatment

This is going around facebook:

"Mathis doesn't have insurance and hasn't yet signed up for Affordable Healthcare. The medical bills are piling up and she can't even afford to find out if the tumor is benign or malignant.

That's where her boss comes in.

"I just can't be standing by and doing nothing," said Kaiserhof owner Michael De Beyer. "I have to try something because it's not right."
So De Beyer has decided to sell his family's 6,000 square foot restaurant and donate money to Mathis."

http://www.khou.com/community/Boss-sells-restaurant-to-save-employee-with-brain-tumor-238996011.html

Something's not making sense about the story.

A. Even in TX, you can sign up for healthcare through the ACA - which she can do right now. Why doesn't she? She could get coverage very quickly. Wouldn't it be cheaper to just offer to pay the premiums?

B. Other members of her family work at the restaurant. Doesn't selling the restaurant put their jobs in jeopardy?

C. "De Beyer said he has owned the restaurant for 17 years and believes it's worth as much as $2 million. He also wants to sell the business to spend more time with his wife and two children.
He's tried to sell the restaurant before, and once turned down an offer for $1.3 million."

Yes, it's a wonderful gesture, but not necessary for her to get care...

Does anyone else wonder if this is some sort of real estate scam?



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Restaurant owner in TX selling restaurant to cover employee brain tumor treatment (Original Post) ehrnst Jan 2014 OP
YUP, this story doesnt past the smell test itsrobert Jan 2014 #1
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