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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow - who'd of thought there'd be so much vitriol?  I wouldn't do it (the 3 we have just about did me in physically in the younger years and emotionally during the teenage years), but I don't care what other families do.  I can't imagine paying for 7 sets of braces, 7 sets of summer camp, 7 sets of college education, etc., but good for you!

It is unusual, which is why people stare   [/quote]
Seven kids will get them lots of financial aid for college. Parents aren’t paying. Seven kids are probably on Medicaid, so parents aren’t paying for that either. And if Medicaid doesn’t cover for braces, the kids will have crooked teeth until they are old enough to get them fixed ad an adult. With seven kids, there’s no need for summer camp. They are the camp. [/quote]

It takes a very low income to be on Medicaid.  [/quote]

Not if you have seven kids. In Maryland, with a household size of 8 your kids can be on Medicaid, even if you're making $14,000 a month.[/quote]

Even if that were true, which it isn’t, no one on DCUM would call $14,000 a month UMC.  
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Those are the guidelines published by the state of Maryland. Why are you convinced they aren't true? Did you look at them before you said that?

And no one said anything about "UMC" but you. Someone said "[s]even kids are probably on Medicaid" and that's just true. Even there the income guidelines are stricter, large families don't need to be very low income for their kids to qualify.

40% of children in America are on Medicaid. For kids, it's not just the very poor.[/quote]

They are probably on their father’s insurance plan from work.  [/quote]

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