It burns me that the media lets her and the Democrats get away with this. They put him on national radio to lie about the program and to guilt people into voting the wrong way, and then she plays the victim when her tactic is questioned?
At least now we know that the "$1200" medical figure was for coverage now that the children are disabled, and NOT the amount it would have cost them to get the coverage when everybody was healthy.
I think end row houses sell for more than the ones in the middle, but I bet the assessment is low as well. Not that it matters what assets they have.
The more important thing, and therefore the thing being ignored by the media, is that this family already was covered under SCHIP, and would have been covered under Bush's proposal for re-authorization.
The only reason they don't have coverage at this moment is that the Democrats are using the Frosts as human sheilds, as hostages, denying them a poor-people's SCHIP program in order to blackmail people into allowing them to spend more money and cover more people.
If we played this game, we should find hard-working poor people who qualified under SCHIP and really needed it to do a press conference attacking the Democrats for using them as pawns to get their way. It would be even better if they had some grandmother who smoked who, under the Democrats plan, would have to choose between paying her higher taxes or buying prescription drugs.
You picked up the best point in this article—that Bonnie RECENTLY got a quote for $1200/month for insurance—WITH all the pre-existing conditions they now have.
So, Bonnie, how much was it going to be per month BEFORE the accident? Or did you even shop it?
The Frosts’ live in a home that is over 4,000 sq. ft. - an end unit. A similar, smaller interior house sold a few doors away last year for $485,000. Looking at the interior pictures of the kitchen in the news media, it looks like no expense was spared when updating the kitchen - granite counters, new cabinets, etc. I think everyone can figure this story out.
As another poster pointed out the other day, too, did the Foster’s have health insurance for the birth of their children? Who paid the hospital bills?
Personally, not providing health insurance for your four children when it is obvious that you could afford to do so, is beyond irresponsible. Trotting your twelve year old son out into the media fray to advance your political agenda is beyond repulsive.