Girl, 9, raised $30k for prosthetic arm - pays it forward to another kid

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A nine-year-old amputee who raised $30k for a prosthetic arm denied by her insurers is paying it forward - and giving the money to another deserving child.

Remington Bateman was born without a left hand and after outgrowing her conventional prosthetic, tried out a robotic 'Hero Arm'.

But she was left devastated when insurer Select Health deemed it 'not medically necessary', her family say.

She launched a GoFundMe - raising $25k in a matter of hours - but then company CrowdHealth stepped in to pay for her arm in full.