Couple considering divorce to pay for childs healthcare

[Sun Devil 92]

Happily married couple considers divorce to pay for daughter's health care costs
Jake and Maria Grey are happily married with two children. But they're considering a divorce, for the sake of one of their kids.

The Texas couple say it's the only way their developmentally disabled daughter can qualify for Medicaid and get the health care she needs.

The Greys got married nine years ago on a Florida beach. They have since become the proud parents of two daughters, 2-year-old Fairen and 6-year-old Brighton, who was born with a rare genetic disorder, Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. Developmentally still a newborn, Brighton requires around-the-clock attention.

"She will not be able to be on her own ever and requires 24/7 care," Maria Grey said.

The couple has tried to get Medicaid to help with spiraling medical costs but Jake earns too much — $40,000 — for the family to qualify. The Greys applied for state assistance but don't expect to get it because of where they fall on the list.

"We're No. 60,000," Maria said.
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Sad story. Really sad, i thought.
Then i saw this
"We are not looking for charity, we're not looking for money or donations. We don't want a GoFundMe — we don't want any of that," Maria said. "I need the state to step up and give us the benefits that we need.
and realized they are morons. No wonder they cant provide for their child..
If they couldnt afford a child, why did they have 2? More stupidity? Poor preparation? Irresponsibility?
IDK, seems hard to have sympathy for the parents
I have it for that poor child though :/

Frankly the additional child hardly will be an issue- the cost of the care for their disabled child will be immense.

Should government help in those situations?

I really don't know the answer- but insulting the parents trying to figure out how to care for their child for having a second one certainly isn't the answer.

The average cost of raising a kid in todays times is 2 grand less than their yearly copays.
2 freaking grand!

What are their yearly copays?
What is the average cost per year for raising a 2 year old?

13K
Their yearly copays are 15K.
I posted a link on the average costs a page or 2 back.

Yep, didn't used to cost that much.

 

[Issa]

I have helped dozens of people through a divorce so that a sick spouse or child could qualify for benefits. You do whatever you have to do.

Seems like bullshit to me. Gaming the system, if you will.
At least using a go fund me would have been voluntary and not forced upon people.

Qnd you ok with your orange golfing and spending billions along with other billions on defense and other bullshit ? What kind of piece of shit you guys can be? Fucking amazing how of qn asshole a trump supporter can be.

 

[hadit]

Does it really matter if the parents were careless or planned badly, or were just victims of circumstance? We need to deal with reality because the child is here now.

And the treatment is available. They are not eligible for medicaid. They need to sell their house and figure it out.

There are not many eligible for Medicaid in the drudge state of TX.

Because of high incomes, I presume.

 

[Political Junky]

Desperation due to US medical care.

 

[koshergrl]

Desperation due to US medical care.

40,000 a year and a 200,000 house isn't desperation.

 

[there4eyeM]

Nothing is free, and living in America gives one such advantages that one should be glad to participate. The general welfare is the welfare of the nation. America is not great if unnecessary suffering continues there.

General welfare is the welfare of the Nation. NOT an individual.

We are nothing BUT a collection of individuals. If the individuals are not doing well, you will know about it. Trust me.

And? That has nothing to do with what general welfare means.

You would not think that if a large portion of our population was hungry, sick and undereducated. Not the society you want to hand on to your children. I understand your beliefs on this, but they are short sighted, imo. America would be a third world country if the government did not collect a little from all of us to ensure the poor are not TOO discontent. This medical care thing is a whole different ball of wax, though. We are talking life and death. People don't screw around with that and we should be doing MORE not less to ensure that healthcare for everyone is a human right. Life or death or being made homeless by your medical bills is not a situation anyone in this country should face.

Healthcare is not and never has been a right.

It depends upon one's definition of "right". For those who see rights as human, something we could easily do collectively, the conclusion is different.

 

[Political Junky]

Cons, the family party, don't give a damn if people die because they can't afford health care.

 

[AvgGuyIA]

I have helped dozens of people through a divorce so that a sick spouse or child could qualify for benefits. You do whatever you have to do.

That loophole needs to be tightened up. Like giving away all your property to the kids so you can qualify getting into a rest home for free. You can't do that. A divorce for monetary gain is the same thing. You know this couple still lives together. .

 

[AvgGuyIA]

Cons, the family party, don't give a damn if people die because they can't afford health care.

Obama took away their doctors and the replacement was too damn expensive.

 

[sparky]

I have helped dozens of people through a divorce so that a sick spouse or child could qualify for benefits. You do whatever you have to do.

Seems like bullshit to me. Gaming the system, if you will.
At least using a go fund me would have been voluntary and not forced upon people.

People do what they need to do.

These people DIDNT do what they needed to do. Thats why they need everyone else to bail them out.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

Blaming the sick , yup,that's another one of our great nayional passtimes....go you!

~S~

 

[Vastator]

I have helped dozens of people through a divorce so that a sick spouse or child could qualify for benefits. You do whatever you have to do.

That loophole needs to be tightened up. Like giving away all your property to the kids so you can qualify getting into a rest home for free you can't do that. A divorce for monetary gain is the same thing. You know the couple still lives together. .

Start charging these people with conspiracy to defraud the government; and that’ll cut down on these abuses.

 

[Penelope]

Lets kill all the people that can't afford their healthcare, anyone that makes under 100 grand a year, lets kill. We just can't afford these deadbeats.

Oh who will work for the wealthy. You talk about the UK healthcare all the time, yet we hear you all talking about personal responsibility, how about Baby Charlie???

 

[TNHarley]

I have helped dozens of people through a divorce so that a sick spouse or child could qualify for benefits. You do whatever you have to do.

Seems like bullshit to me. Gaming the system, if you will.
At least using a go fund me would have been voluntary and not forced upon people.

People do what they need to do.

These people DIDNT do what they needed to do. Thats why they need everyone else to bail them out.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

Blaming the sick , yup,that's another one of our great nayional passtimes....go you!

~S~

Im not blaming the sick. I am blaming the parents.
But thanks anyways!

 

[TNHarley]

Lets kill all the people that can't afford their healthcare, anyone that makes under 100 grand a year, lets kill. We just can't afford these deadbeats.

Oh who will work for the wealthy. You talk about the UK healthcare all the time, yet we hear you all talking about personal responsibility, how about Baby Charlie???

what about charlie?

 

[Penelope]

Lets kill all the people that can't afford their healthcare, anyone that makes under 100 grand a year, lets kill. We just can't afford these deadbeats.

Oh who will work for the wealthy. You talk about the UK healthcare all the time, yet we hear you all talking about personal responsibility, how about Baby Charlie???

what about charlie?

Everytime something happens in another country like Canada and the UK we know about it, saying that is what socialism gets you and the gov in healthcare. We need the Dems back in charge to get decent healthcare, we are the worst country for healthcare.

 

[TNHarley]

Lets kill all the people that can't afford their healthcare, anyone that makes under 100 grand a year, lets kill. We just can't afford these deadbeats.

Oh who will work for the wealthy. You talk about the UK healthcare all the time, yet we hear you all talking about personal responsibility, how about Baby Charlie???

what about charlie?

Everytime something happens in another country like Canada and the UK we know about it, saying that is what socialism gets you and the gov in healthcare. We need the Dems back in charge to get decent healthcare, we are the worst country for healthcare.

We are not the worst country for healthcare.
Why do you lie? What are you trying to accomplish?

 

[sparky]

I have helped dozens of people through a divorce so that a sick spouse or child could qualify for benefits. You do whatever you have to do.

Seems like bullshit to me. Gaming the system, if you will.
At least using a go fund me would have been voluntary and not forced upon people.

People do what they need to do.

These people DIDNT do what they needed to do. Thats why they need everyone else to bail them out.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

Blaming the sick , yup,that's another one of our great nayional passtimes....go you!

~S~

Im not blaming the sick. I am blaming the parents.
But thanks anyways!

Indeed so

they didn't read the fine print , like millions of others , nor did they have an insurance cabal interpreter spell out excatly what they get, and what they do not

so they got screwed , like millions of others

Yet another grand example of why the Gub'Mit seeks to get a grip on the insurance cabal in this country

 

[J.E.D]

If they couldnt afford a child, why did they have 2?

Like they knew beforehand that one of their children would need lifetime care.....

How are they supposed to know that?

And wtf is wrong in this country when medical bills will literally put a person in the poor house.

But Donald said he’d give us the most beautiful health care plan evah! Everyone would be covered.

Remember that lie you rubes fell for?

 

[sparky]

We are not the worst country for healthcare.

No, but we're the most $$$ one....

~S~

 

[J.E.D]

These people DIDNT do what they needed to do. Thats why they need everyone else to bail them out.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

I guess they should have aborted, right?