Suleman, whose six older children range in age from 2 to 7, said three of them receive disability payments. She told NBC one is autistic, another has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, known as ADHD, and a third experienced a mild speech delay with "tiny characteristics of autism." She refused to say how much they get in payments.
In California, a low-income family can receive Social Security payments of up to $793 a month for each disabled child. Three children would amount to $2,379.
The Suleman octuplets' medical costs have not been disclosed, but in 2006, the average cost for a premature baby's hospital stay in California was $164,273, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Eight times that equals $1.3 million.
Ya! 1.3 million a year. ? ? ?
My source for this article is http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_re_us/octuplets.
Just a question as I pass this way;
Mervi
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This is one of the saddest stories I've heard in a long, long time. It reeks of all the "wrongs" imaginable. Suleman's poor mother has been caring for the oldest 8 children without any financial help from the daughter. The Suleman woman needs medical/mental help ASAP - and the doctor needs a prison term. Just my thoughts.
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