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CA: Taxpayers may have to cover octuplet mom's costs
AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/11/09 | Shaya Tayefe Mohajer - ap

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; costs; freakshow; octuplet; octuplets; suleman; taxpayers
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1 posted on 02/11/2009 3:51:57 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Someone needs to bring a lawsuit in behalf of the taxpayer and make the clinic pay for her children......


2 posted on 02/11/2009 3:54:59 PM PST by Kimmers (Working hard so Obamas friends don't have to)
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A combination picture shows (clockwise from top L) Josiah, Makai, Jeremiah, Nariyah, Jonah, Noah, Maliyah and Isaiah - the octuplets born January 26, 2009 in Bellflower, California in this undated handout photo released by NBC News. (NBC News/Handout/Reuters)


3 posted on 02/11/2009 3:57:26 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: Kimmers

Get a hold of Planned Parenthood.


4 posted on 02/11/2009 3:58:04 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Yesterday’s Press-Telegram had an eyeopening article on this affair...and she doe not consider herself to be on WELFARE>>>>


5 posted on 02/11/2009 3:58:08 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: NormsRevenge
Posted here 14 seconds earlier: Taxpayers may have to cover octuplet mom's costs
6 posted on 02/11/2009 3:59:44 PM PST by nickcarraway (Are the Good Times Really Over?)
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To: Kimmers

Why? Stupid taxpayers volunteered to pay, why are they complaining now?


7 posted on 02/11/2009 3:59:48 PM PST by TheDon
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To: NormsRevenge

we already pay for a lot more unsavory things than this!


8 posted on 02/11/2009 4:00:59 PM PST by sappy
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To: Kimmers

The fertility doc should pay.


9 posted on 02/11/2009 4:01:02 PM PST by Retired Greyhound
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To: nickcarraway

saw that, :-)


10 posted on 02/11/2009 4:01:44 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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To: NormsRevenge; Canticle_of_Deborah
In honor of your almost simultaneous posts:


11 posted on 02/11/2009 4:01:47 PM PST by JennysCool (Internet Powerhouse)
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To: NormsRevenge

wow..
15:51:57
15:51:43

that was close..


12 posted on 02/11/2009 4:02:04 PM PST by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: Retired Greyhound

beat me to it by 60 seconds


13 posted on 02/11/2009 4:03:17 PM PST by Cyclone59 (Energizer Bunny arrested.......charged with battery)
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To: NormsRevenge

As resident of this state do I have the right to be mad YES I DO.  I got lectured the other day by someone about what do I care if she has 14 kids she is “PAYING” for them and not on welfare her family said. I told the person I WILL BET  YOU A PAYCHECK SHE IS ON WELFARE AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.So now we get to pay for 8 more kids, 3 will be on state aide for ever since they have disability problems WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHERE DID SHE GET THE MONEY FOR FERTILITY TREATMENTS. And how can she be $50,000 in CC debt as I heard today who in the right mind would give her a CC when she had no job. This woman should not be allowed to have anymore children and as a taxpayer I am very upset while I am working my A** off and am responsible me and every other tax payer has to pay the bill which will be HUGE!!!!!And frankly WE IN CA CAN’T AFFORD ANYMORE FREELOADERS  


14 posted on 02/11/2009 4:09:55 PM PST by proudCArepublican
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To: NormsRevenge

Why is this considered news? Everyone with two brain cells to rub together realized this on the initial reports that this woman lived with her parents, and that there was no husband involved.

My question is: why aren’t these babies put up for adoption? It’s obvious the mother is unable to raise them.


15 posted on 02/11/2009 4:10:18 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
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To: proudCArepublican

>>This woman should not be allowed to have anymore children

Heck, I think the entire surgical team involved in the egg implantation should be neutered, sans anesthesia.


16 posted on 02/11/2009 4:11:48 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
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To: proudCArepublican
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHERE DID SHE GET THE MONEY FOR FERTILITY TREATMENTS.

She had no job but she did have a settlement for some earlier injury, something in the order of $160,000, that she was living off of. She's basically been a sponge to society most of her adult life.

17 posted on 02/11/2009 4:20:08 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: NormsRevenge
Taxpayers may have to cover octuplet mom's costs.

DUH!!!!!!!!!!! Santa Claus won't! Send the damn doctor the bill and pull his license if he does not pay, if not for him, the kids would not exsist, sounds like a FATHER to me!

18 posted on 02/11/2009 4:21:05 PM PST by MrPiper
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To: FreedomPoster

I agree, something smells , bad. There are likely already things happening behind the scenes as this one unfolds. She’s a bit of an overachiever to say the least.


19 posted on 02/11/2009 4:25:35 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
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Social Security disability payments

How much?

20 posted on 02/11/2009 4:28:10 PM PST by Osage Orange (Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. -Will Rogers)
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