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Pearl Joy Brown was born with severe genetic physical and mental defects. Her parents were advised to terminate the pregnancy when an ultrasound revealed these defects, they chose not to do so. Pearl Joy was not expected to survive birth, but she did. She is 11 weeks old and has already received an estimated $1 million of medical care, which has been paid for by Tennessee taxpayers. Pearl Joy will most likely die before her first birthday.
My question is for the many c-d posters who tout "personal responsibility" when it comes to tax payer funded health care assistance: Should the government (tax payers) cover the very high costs of Pearl Joy's medical needs?
Pearl Joy Brown was born with severe genetic physical and mental defects. Her parents were advised to terminate the pregnancy when an ultrasound revealed these defects, they chose not to do so. Pearl Joy was not expected to survive birth, but she did. She is 11 weeks old and has already received an estimated $1 million of medical care, which has been paid for by Tennessee taxpayers. Pearl Joy will most likely die before her first birthday.
My question is for the many c-d posters who tout "personal responsibility" when it comes to tax payer funded health care assistance: Should the government (tax payers) cover the very high costs of Pearl Joy's medical needs?
My guess is that you won't get many responses because so many would say "yes, this baby should just die" but won't actually come right out and say it, but if you oppose health care for all, by default you end up supporting--no, advocating--the deaths of people like this, whether consciously or not. So sad.
However, she was and without non-divine intervention, she would have died at birth. So, again IMO, if the parents were really allowing God to exercise his will, Pearl Joy would no longer be with this world - and Tennessee would have a million dollars more in its coffers to spend on children who actually have a chance for a meaningful life.
Does the child ever have a chance of getting out of a hospital bed, ever?
Its not for me to decide for the parent, but if I were them, I wouldn't have ever gotten to the point where this was the situation. Thats torture to do that to a person, IMO.
I really do not see how the mother can work with while caring for a child with such a devastating illness. Private nurses cost $$$$$$$$$ too.
I wasn't speaking about the mother as far as my statement went. It would appear that the father sells CD's at low turn out concerts. Not a real job for someone with two kids and then quit doing that for at least a while.
Is the child in pain and suffering? If so it shouldnt be kept alive. ( yes a euthinasia comment) but if it is not suffering let the baby live as long as it can and build memories for its family to last forever.
No. They decided to keep a baby that was unable to live a normal life they should take full responsibility.
But heres the problem. Lets say their networth, house, savings, 401K, everything is worth a million dollars.
And keeping her alive for 6 months costs more then that if she's in a hospital the full time. So they keep her alive for 3, 4 years. The tax payer, nor the hospital will ever get that money back. Should the "care" plug be pulled when the money runs out? We haven't done that, since 1986.
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