Remi Bateman's Robotic Arm

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Anger at health insurance prompts public to fund bionic arm for child

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Remi Bateman , 9 , was born without a left hand and struggled with simple tasks such as tying her shoes and playing on the monkey bars at school.

She had used prostheses in the past, but they were stiff and didn’t move freely, her mother says.

Her health insurance company denied her request for a bionic arm.

She started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for a prosthetic arm for her daughter.

The campaign raised more than $30,000 .

Remi Bateman , 9 , was denied a bionic arm by her health insurance company.

She and her family were faced with a decision: What should they do with the money people donated to Remi ’s GoFundMe? Remi decided the money should go to Tyraun Taj’ Johnson , also 9 , who was born without a left hand, who had been selling lemonade in his town of Federalsburg , Md..

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