$1.3 billion Powerball jackpot winner is a Laotian immigrant battling cancer
$1.3 billion Powerball jackpot winner is a Laotian immigrant battling cancer
Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, who was born in Laos and immigrated to the U.S. in 1994, plans to split the money with a friend and find himself a "good doctor."
Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, who was born in Laos and immigrated to the U.S. in 1994, plans to split the money with a friend and find himself a "good doctor."
One of the winners of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot this month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week.
Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, 46, of Portland, told a news conference held by the Oregon Lottery on Monday that he and his 37-year-old wife, Duanpen, would split the prize evenly with a friend. Laiza Chao, 55, of the Portland suburb of Milwaukie, had chipped in $100 to buy a batch of tickets with them. They are taking a lump sum payment, $422 million after taxes.
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The article doesn't make it 100% clear, but it sounds like this guy was just going to die of untreated cancer due to our for-profit healthcare system if he hadn't won the Powerball.
So I guess all of you cancer victims without good insurance know what to do.
Well I mean he's an immigrant. What are we supposed to do? Provide insurance to immigrants?!?!
Crazy talk!
I'd say obviously/s but this day and age you never can tell. :(
Oregon does not check immigration status to apply for the state's free insurance that covers anyone making less than 250% the federal definition of poverty. That means even undocumented immigrants get full access to Medicaid.
You can even get a driver's license and send kids to school without including immigration status in Oregon (yay sanctuary states!). If he doesn't want a license, trips to medical facilities are provided free. Getting that time off work is a different story...
He said in his speech he has been "battling cancer" and is getting chemotherapy treatment.
So you're saying he found the cure for cancer?
Hopefully it's not too late.
So you’re saying he found the cure for cancer?
Yes, win a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot.
He'll probably still die. So don't fret.
I hope not for a long time since he's not an old man.
Well, cancer can be like that.
Often not, if you can get treatment. Which he can now afford through sheer luck alone, unlike many other cancer victims in America who could have beaten their cancer if they could have afforded to.