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That cop did something bad or something we don't agree with while we don't know all the facts! Quick, PUNISH HIS BABY!
Seriously, wtf?
I did read up on the case, and the information presented certainly made it appear to be a murder. If the further investigation confirms those findings (innocent til proven guilty), then the murderer should be locked up (for life, til old age or lethal injection), but punishing the child by cutting off the health insurance that was going to pay for the birth is not the right way to punish a grown man for his crimes.
And how do you figure that? Maybe the mother of the kids is a hardworking single mom who didn't need a handout, kinda like your mom and grandma.....IJS
I'm really confused why people are saying "punish the baby".
As others have pointed out, health insurance through an employer is for those who are actually employees.
Just like any other person with a pregnant wife who is laid off or terminated, he'll need to apply for COBRA or apply for coverage under the ACA.
Whatever the policy is for employees of that department who are laid off or fired, that is the policy that should be followed.
Why is this becoming more complicated than it actually is?
Because agendas and tunnel vision cause people to cry 'injustice' and 'foul' over complaints that a cop's family is being rewarded with a perk NOBODY ELSE GETS, yet they will not do that over the fact that some guy got shot in the back eight times without just cause.
I'm confused about your notion that the affordable care act should pick up the slack. They don't pick up anything. You pay through the nose for insurance through the marketplace, and for the high premium you don't have to deal with the insurance company saying something is a pre-existing condition and won't be covered.
As for the unborn baby, I feel sorry for that child and his or her mother, but where is all the compassion for the family of the man who was shot in the back eight times? Anyone want to pick up any expenses for his family or do you feel it's okay that his family is "punished" (since that's the word you all keep using).
Not sure why seeing as how he wasn't even picking up the expenses for his family to begin with...................
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Mr. Scott had been arrested about 10 times, mostly for failing to pay child support or show up for court hearings, according to The Post and Courier newspaper of Charleston.
Nobody is saying that the wife and baby should be entitled to the cop's salary or anything of that sort. While he's still going through the trial process I think its far from outrageous for the health benefits to remain in effect. His wife is eight months pregnant right now, she'll be giving birth before this case even goes to trial so to me I think some folks are just being ridiculously vindictive.
Yes her husband is a scumbag, yes he murdered someone in cold blood, nobody is denying that in the slightest. I also don't see how the wife is being "rewarded" for anything.
This executioner's family is keeping Health Insurance , employer paid, until his wife has their baby. That is a travesty, like any employee fired for cause, employer coverage should have ended that day. Let him pay for COBRA.
What more do you want? He's already not going to be there for the birth of his kid. He'll be lucky to ever hold the child because frankly, his life as a free man is OVER.
Show some compassion for the people on the periphery of this mess!
As others have pointed out, health insurance through an employer is for those who are actually employees.
Why is this becoming more complicated than it actually is?
Perhaps because you are making it needlessly complicated. People get fired every day for cause and it is not unheard of for employers to extend both pay and benefits for some limited amount of time post termination. I also hasten to add that while former officer Slager was terminated by his department, absent a final ruling on that termination (much less any criminal conviction) the city of North Charleston could find themselves having to repay Mr. Slager backpay and benefits if it is found that his termination was unjustified or procedurally insufficient, so extending his health benefits for a month really isn't that big of a deal at this point in the process.
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