Ind. wants to let the baby die

[Mistral]

I read this and became furious. We approve $159Billion to go fight 2 wars but these poor parents can't raise $350K to save a baby's life.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/loca...s-Seek-Help-to-Save-Babys-Life-111518334.html

I'm sending $ -not because it's Christmas but because it's right, IMO.
And because I'm a parent and if I didn't try to help I'd have this nagging ache inside. We can't save everyone-but this is a pretty clear cut case and I'll do what I can.

 

[Mr. B]

I'm not sure why you're saying they can't raise the money... this story isn't over yet. Now that the baby's plight is public, I think there's a good chance some big doner will show up.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Poor little fellow.

I can't understand why it is considered to be experimental if the operation has been performed 60 times with 43 babies surviving. In Medicaid's view many operations have to be perform for it to be no longer experimental?

 

[Mr. B]

Does medicaid pay out for six figure operations that are common-place?

 

[Miss Chicken]

I would assume that the cost of most major operations (such as heart transplants etc) in the USA would run into 6 digits, or would I be wrong in assuming that?

 

[tharpdevenport]

And then what when the baby needs more medical care? And medical expenses growing up? They need more than donations.

 

[Marc]

Oh the irony - if the U.S had a healthcare system like Australia, the U.K or Canada the parents wouldn't be faced with this problem - the procedure would simply have been scheduled and carried out.

 

[Mistral]

Does medicaid pay out for six figure operations that are common-place?

The medical funding run by the State Of Indiana would help or cover the difference between what their insurance covers and the total bill-if they approved the surgery.

Instead, they listed it as "experimental" to avoid dipping into already slashed funds. There's a nice, callous approach.

@Mr B - the story got yanked so hard off Yahoo I had to search for 15 minutes to find a viable new link for it....

 

[Marc]

Instead, they listed it as "experimental" to avoid dipping into already slashed funds. There's a nice, callous approach.

and does anyone else think that a health insurer in the U.S wouldn't have done something similar?

 

[Amaris]

Instead, they listed it as "experimental" to avoid dipping into already slashed funds. There's a nice, callous approach.

and does anyone else think that a health insurer in the U.S wouldn't have done something similar?

Ours did, and for far, far less money than that.

 

[James Bond]

Dear GOD. How can such a place even exist; that won't even take care of it's own people, let alone a poor helpless baby??

 

[Amaris]

Dear GOD. How can such a place even exist; that won't even take care of it's own people, let alone a poor helpless baby??

It is the state of healthcare in this country.

 

[paudemge]

Oh the irony - if the U.S had a healthcare system like Australia, the U.K or Canada the parents wouldn't be faced with this problem - the procedure would simply have been scheduled and carried out.

Are you sure? I am not sure it would get approved there either, or do the health care systems in those countries approve rare expensive experimental procedures?

 

[Marc]

Oh the irony - if the U.S had a healthcare system like Australia, the U.K or Canada the parents wouldn't be faced with this problem - the procedure would simply have been scheduled and carried out.

Are you sure? I am not sure it would get approved there either, or do the health care systems in those countries approve rare expensive experimental procedures?

Maybe not 100% sure but I'd give much better odds.

the family wouldn't also be hit with a massive bill at the end of it.

 

[Miss Chicken]

The operation isn't performed in Australia but there was an Australian baby that needed the operation.

Tiny Amy - who was born without an immune system - was able to hear her parents' voices for the first time this week when doctors at the Royal Children's Hospital fitted her with a hearing aid.
The three-month-old's parents, Amanda and Lindsay, have been overwhelmed by the generosity of thousands of strangers, who have rushed to donate more than $55,000 to help the family fly to the US in the next few weeks since their plight was raised by the Herald Sun two weeks ago.
Backed by the Federal Government - which will pay for the revolutionary medical treatment hoped to give Amy an immune system and save her from certain death - the donations mean the Avoca family will now be able to stay together during the toughest eight months of their life.

Rest of story here

 

[KimMH]

Indiana's guv is being considered as a poss 2012 candidate? Not if informed voters give a damn.

 

[Amaris]

Indiana's guv is being considered as a poss 2012 candidate? Not if informed voters give a damn.

I find myself becoming a bit pessimistic at times.

 

[ares93]

you people really need to unfuck a few things before you continue on claiming that America is the greatest country on earth.

no offense meant to anyone, but damn. this is so fucked up that i don't know if i should laugh or cry. hell, just do the damn surgery and worry about the costs when the kid isn't dying anymore. heavens... what are they thinking?

 

[RJDiogenes]

^^ It's an experimental procedure. There's only one doctor who performs it, there's been only 60 performed, there's a 30% mortality rate and no long-term outcome information. This is something that has to be funded privately.

What I'm wondering is, though, if it's experimental why is there no research funding?

 

[James Bond]

^^ It's an experimental procedure. There's only one doctor who performs it, there's been only 60 performed, there's a 30% mortality rate and no long-term outcome information. This is something that has to be funded privately.

What I'm wondering is, though, if it's experimental why is there no research funding?

Ok, so do the surgery, and then worry about the private funding later...