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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are these people excited for this going to also be excited for their taxes going to cover this baby's Medicaid and SSD for the next 80+ years? Considering the fact that the Right wants to gut Medicaid, I'm going to say no.

We have a medically fragile micro-preemie in my family. She was born at 25 weeks and weighed 1.2 lbs. She was in the NICU for 157 days. Each day in the NICU was basically $21k. Just her NICU stay alone clocked in at over $3 million dollars. That didn't include the 'others' like meds, care team, equipment, etc. That was just the amount for the NICU incubator. A hospital social worker worked with my sister to get my niece on Medicare. My sis and BIL had no idea she would even qualify because they have good jobs and private insurance. The social worker was amazing! She taught them so many things that they didn't know about medically fragile/disabled kids + Medicaid. Before she was born, they had no idea that Medicaid could be given to just 1 family member even if the family was well-off.

My niece is now 2 but she will never live a normal, traditional life. She has a trach-vent, which requires round-the-clock care. That's fully funded and provided by Medicaid. My sister's & BILs private insurance did NOT cover that, which is one thing the hospital social worker taught them. She also has CP, a seizure disorder, and other issues. Just one of her hospital stays for something minor like a cold can rack up a $500k bill.

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I thought democrats were different than republicans because democrats want to help the poor, needy, and sick?

Aren’t democrats all for the safety net that helps poor, needy, and sick people?

The baby is here and he’s a wanted child.

Why are we supposed to worry about caring for him via taxpayer dollars? That’s what taxpayer dollars are for? Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, is all for sick and disabled people.[/quote]

What about his qualify of life? Does it  matter how much he will suffer in life or not? Is the only thing that matters that he is alive? [/quote]

You get to decide whether or not Chance has a good quality of life?

What makes you the expert on Chance’s qol?[/quote]

Sur, micro premies are known for their quality of life./s[/quote]

Sure, you are totally aware of each prematurely born child’s medical condition and qol and should be invited to sit in with the child’s parents and doctors during their discussions.

Also you should be the person who decides what a good qol is for someone else, someone else’s child, and decide when they should be removed from life support and life sustaining medical care.

There was a thread the other day about how cruel republicans are because they wanted to send a child with short bowel syndrome back to Mexico. Democrats were livid that this child would die without advanced medical care.

But Chance, why can’t he have advanced medical care? Because you don’t think he should?

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His health will decide his quality of life, not me.[/quote]

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