Posted on 02/11/2009 3:51:57 PM PST by NormsRevenge
LOS ANGELES – A big share of the financial burden of raising Nadya Suleman's 14 children could fall on the shoulders of California's taxpayers, compounding the public furor in a state already billions of dollars in the red.
Even before the 33-year-old single, unemployed mother gave birth to octuplets last month, she had been caring for her six other children with the help of $490 a month in food stamps, plus Social Security disability payments for three of the youngsters. The public aid will almost certainly be increased with the new additions to her family.
Also, the hospital where the octuplets are expected to spend seven to 12 weeks has requested reimbursement from Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program, for care of the premature babies, according to the Los Angeles Times. The cost has not been disclosed.
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From the AP: In California, a low-income family can receive Social Security payments of up to $793 a month for each disabled child. Three children would amount to $2379.
May?
Could?
Weasel words.
****The fertility doc should pay.****
With such superb logic - you should run for elective office.
That demented scientist impregnated a mentally challenged virgin with some random sperm...so in fact he was playing God or at the very least performing a sexual act by proxy.
Damn right he should take responsibility for his actions.
Wow. What a shocker. Who saw this coming?
The left would like nothing more than to impose a __# of children per family as China has done. Their idea of Utopia consists of empowering women to kill a fetus. This incident only provides them with the ammo to end pregnancies "cause it may cost too much to the taxpayer".
What this woman has done is deplorable, stupid, and irresponsible. How we react as a society will reflect upon whether we are deplorable, stupid, and irresponsible with regard to life. Something the Left would celebrate.
A friend of mine had preemie twins who were born at 28 weeks. The hospital bill alone was $1.7 million.
Not to mention that preemies often need extended medical care throughout childhood. For eye exams and corrective lenses, heart surgery, and other ailments that come along with prematurity. Not only that, but many end up with learning disabilities in school... needing more money.
These 8 will be “million dollar babies” (EACH) easily before they turn 5.
She's $50,000 in credit card debt? Well, that probably explains how she got the nose job and lip collagen in her attempt to look like Angelina Jolie. I'd wondered about that.
Will when Arnold fires 20,000 state workers if they don’t pass a budget by Friday maybe they might want to rethink on all this liberal craziness the state suffers from. I work in a hospital I know how much the 24 hour round the care nursing cost and all the other stuff that goes along with these babies being tiny it is crazy
Get a load of her website you can donate on line with your CC is she going to pay CA back probably NOT! Shame on her, Shame on the doctor and Shame on the people who continue to vote these people in. CA CAN NOT AFFORD THIS ANYMORE WE ARE BROKE, BROKE, BROKE, BROKE, BROKE................AM WE SHOULD NOT have to pay for her and her kids. Although she was kind enough to announce she was done having children Ya Think I would sterilize her NOW!
She owes $50K in student loans, not credit cards. At least that’s what I read earlier.
It’s not CC debt. I saw her interview last night. She’s been living on her settlement and her student loans. She has 50K in student loans. She’s a grad student. A stupid and possibly mentally ill grad student, but a grad student nonetheless.
Only if they will agree to abort the 33 year old, single, unemployed mother.
trying to remember the movie where the line is
She’s a breeder!
Aliens?
There, fixed.
I feel so bad for these poor, innocent babies. They have a life of sadness and disaster ahead of them. Their mom has brought them into circumstances that no sane, clear-thinking person would ever subject their children through. So terribly sad.
Also noted, Hussein also has a daughter named Malia.
this just infuriates me as a CA taxpayer (and my wife as a Kaiser HMO member - Kaiser had to shell out $465,000 for the delivery room operation).
I am not sure if people are ready to means-test prospective parents but there is a simple solution under current law:
(1) Is the mother able to properly care for children without financial assistance?
(2) If not social services should remove and children can be put up for adoption. Given the thousands on waiting lists they should find good homes very quickly.
(3) Mother will then need to be placed in psychiatric ward, but that’s cheaper than caring for 8 kids.
(4) Remaining 6 children can then also put out for adoption, unless grandparents want to care for them.
Very simple. Minimal cost to taxpayers.
Heck if she plays her cards right...she can get another 3 or 4 kids labeled "disabled"..and rake in another $3k a month....
$5.4k a month...ain't bad money.
fwiw-
The best thing that could happen to these babies is to be taken away from this woman until she goes thru a complete psychological evaluation.
I fear for these babies!
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