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Mother Of Sextuplets Faces Loss Of Medicaid-Funded Nurse (Society has a responsibility, says Mom)
Associated Press ^ | May 8, 2005

Posted on 05/10/2005 1:27:46 PM PDT by Wolfie

Mother of sextuplets faces loss of Medicaid-funded nurse

WYOMISSING - A Berks County woman with year-old sextuplets and 4-year-old twins will appeal for continued nursing help from Medicaid beyond a one-year cutoff.

Kate Gosselin, whose husband has a 90-minute commute to a state job in Harrisburg, said she cannot safely manage eight small children.

The sextuplets - only the second set born in Pennsylvania and among fewer than 30 sets born worldwide - arrived 8 weeks premature but are thriving as they near their first birthday Tuesday.

"I will shout from the highest mountain that these are my children and I love them and I need help," Kate Gosselin said.

While the Gosselins appreciate the volunteers who streamed through their home in the early months, the children's routines improved with the arrival of Angie Krall, a licensed practical nurse who spends 30 hours a week with the family. Medicaid provides the temporary nursing support for premature babies, Gosselin said.

"She's fine-tuned and I trust her," Kate Gosselin said of the nurse, Angie Krall. "She's as good as a parent in this home."

The family cannot afford to pay Krall on their own, she said. Jonathan Gosselin, an information technology specialist who now works in the Gov.'s Office, was unemployed for much of last year.

Kate Gosselin said she feels society has a responsibility to help with the children, since modern medicine promotes the use of fertility drugs, which can lead to multiple births.

She has talked by telephone with Bobbi McCaughey, the Carlisle, Iowa, woman who delivered the world's only set of surviving septuplets in November 1997. McCaughey named the loss of privacy and the oversight of volunteers as among her biggest difficulties, Kate Gosselin said.

On the bright side, the Gosselin babies seem to have skirted the health problems that can plague premature babies and multiples. Each now weighs between 18 and 22 pounds.

"I look at six healthy babies and I feel a lot better, because it could be a lot, lot worse," Jonathan Gosselin said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cary; demograbber; giveme; givemegivemegiveme; givemethemoney; healthcare; motherhood; mykidsyourmoney; socializedmedicine; twins
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To: camle

She already had twin babies. It's just plain wrong to expect others to pay for the care of her babies.


41 posted on 05/10/2005 1:51:43 PM PDT by OldFriend (MAJOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH.....INSPIRATIONAL)
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To: Wolfie

She needs a corporate sponser like the NASCAR folks have. After eight kids maybe STP is worth looking into. {x];o)>


42 posted on 05/10/2005 1:52:55 PM PDT by Dedbone
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To: eyespysomething
That's the risk you run when you take fertility drugs.

No, it's not. When you take fertility drugs, you get regular ultrasound checks to see how many follicles (containing eggs) are developing. If you have too many, and you're not doing IVF (where the number of embryos returned to the uterus can be limited) you cancel the cycle and you do NOT inseminate.

Of course there are some short-sighted people who decide that they already spent a few hundred dollars on drugs and don't want to cancel and have to spend a few more hundred dollars on another cycle, and so ignore their doctors' warnings and go ahead and risk a high order multiple pregnancy with all the huge risks to the babies' health and huge medical and child care costs.

43 posted on 05/10/2005 1:53:59 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Mrs. Don-o
I get the impression from the article that there is plenty of volunteer help available. Mom just prefers the pro nurse.

While the Gosselins appreciate the volunteers who streamed through their home in the early months, the children's routines improved with the arrival of Angie Krall, a licensed practical nurse who spends 30 hours a week with the family.

44 posted on 05/10/2005 1:54:09 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Wolfie

since we already pay for Illegal's Healthcare... I don't she why we can't help this lady out... at least she's a legal citizen. :|


45 posted on 05/10/2005 1:55:04 PM PDT by fhlh (.)
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To: OldFriend

my wife and I only had what we could support. we didn't bring anybody into this world with an expectation that other people will pay to bring her up.

i pay enough taxes to support those who dont' have the wherewithall to support their responsibilities. i shouldn't have to subsidize any more.

there are a lot of things this woman can do without whining about being a victim. i didn't make her preggo.


46 posted on 05/10/2005 1:55:57 PM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you.)
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To: NRA2BFree

See my tagline.


47 posted on 05/10/2005 1:57:04 PM PDT by stands2reason (It's 2005, and two wrongs still don't make a right.)
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To: Redleg Duke
"Kate Gosselin said she feels society has a responsibility to help with the children, since modern medicine promotes the use of fertility drugs, which can lead to multiple births."

Where is Grandma, Grandpa, Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Church Members, etc.

Even if the kids are butt ugly, advertisers would probably be able to pay hansomely to put together an ad with - this is normal fertility, and this is fertility on Drugs!!!

48 posted on 05/10/2005 1:58:17 PM PDT by Dacus943
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To: ravingnutter
Under the 2003 Medicare law that this reimbursement falls under, hospitals are required to report their illegal status in order to receive the money.

OK, fine.

Then what happens?

49 posted on 05/10/2005 1:58:23 PM PDT by skip_intro
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To: Dacus943

Read the link in post #40. She just plain doesn't like having to line up volunteer help, she wants the tax-funded porfessional.


50 posted on 05/10/2005 2:00:12 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: GovernmentShrinker

Thank you for the facts. I stand corrected.


51 posted on 05/10/2005 2:00:40 PM PDT by eyespysomething (hmmm....)
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To: cinives; Machines Are Us
Rage Against The Machine ?

Rage against the Machines Are Us.

52 posted on 05/10/2005 2:00:50 PM PDT by stevio (Red-Blooded American Male)
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To: Tungenchek

Are you a liberal?


53 posted on 05/10/2005 2:13:19 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Not Elected Pope Since 4/19/2005.)
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To: Wolfie

What a leech! What a damn leech!


54 posted on 05/10/2005 2:17:45 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I had twins the natural way (identical), and I get really frustrated with lots of people who take fertility treatments.

I'll warn them that they can have a multiple birth, and I tell them that twins are not easy: financially, carrying them, and just raising them. I had one friend just blow me off, and tell me the odds were low (25%) that she would have twins. I told her that my chances of having twins was low (1 out of every 300 births is identical twins). Of course, my friend had twins.

Tooo many people on fertility treatments cannot afford the costs of multiple births, and I don't think they should get treatments. I think doctors are at fault for this too. I think doctors should refuse treatment to some couples.


55 posted on 05/10/2005 2:27:06 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: Millee
Hostess promotes Twinkies, but they're not liable for my butt

Just wait

Ailing Man Sues Fast-Food Firms

56 posted on 05/10/2005 2:27:19 PM PDT by Irontank (Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under)
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To: Machines Are Us

I agree, but I feel bad for her now. The kids are here (she didn't abort a 4-5 of them) and need food and care.


57 posted on 05/10/2005 2:27:59 PM PDT by velyrorenry
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To: Wolfie
Medicaid provides the temporary nursing support for premature babies, Gosselin said.

Note to Kate Gosselin:

THEY ARE NOT PREEMIES ANYMORE!!!!!!!

58 posted on 05/10/2005 2:28:37 PM PDT by Born Conservative ("Mr. Chamberlain loves the working man, he loves to see him work" - Winston Churchill)
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To: skip_intro
OK, I'm in. I've got some extra butt wipes, and lots of little boy clothes. You see, I do accept my responsibility as a member of society. To show how serious I am about helping, I'll also forward a list of shrinks in the Harrisburg area, and a complete listing of all the government cheese handouts for the month of June. Should we put jars in party stores to raise money to pay for her minivan??
59 posted on 05/10/2005 2:34:45 PM PDT by blu (The Pope, the Gipper and the Iron Lady...now THAT'S a trifecta!)
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To: wideminded

Adoption benefits are given to people who will take special needs kids.


60 posted on 05/10/2005 2:35:26 PM PDT by kalee
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