Los Angeles- A big share of financial burden of raising Nadya Suleman's 14 children could fall on the shoulders of California's taxpayers, compounding the public furor in a state already billions of dollars in the red.
Even before the 33-year-old single, unemployed mother gave birth to octuplets last month, she had been caring for her six other children with the help of $490 a month in food stamps, plus Social Security disability payments for three of the youngsters. The public aid will almost certainly be increased with the new additions to her family.
Also the hospital where the octuplets are expected to spend seven to 12 weeks has requested reimbursement from Medi-Cal, the state's medicaid program, for care of the premature babies, according to the Los Angeles Times the cost has not been disclosed. Word of the public assistance has stoked the furor over Suleman's decision to have so many children by having embryos implanted in her womb.
"It appears that, in the case of the Suleman family, raising 14 children takes not simply a village but the combined resources of the county, state and federal governments, "Los Angeles Times columnist Tim Rutten wrote on Wednesday's paper. He called Suleman's story "grotesque".
On the internet, bloggers rained insults on Suleman, calling her an "idiot," criticizing her decision to have more children when she couldn't afford the one's she had and suggesting she be sterilized.
"It's my opinion that woman's right to reproduce should be limited to a number which the parents can pay for," Charles Murray wrote in a letter to the Los Angeles Daily News. " Why should my wife and I, as taxpayers, pay for child support for 14 Suleman Kids?"
She was berated on talk radio, where listeners accused her of manipulating the system and being an irresponsible mother.
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 costs 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.
For a single mother the costs of raising 14 children through age 17 ranges from $1.3 million to $2.7 million, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
My opinion on this situation is this, I am a single mother or two and yes I get food stamps and all of that, but I would never intentionally have more children when I knew that I could barely take care of the ones I have, or without a partner. Which brings me to a question. If sh couldn't take care of the children she already had, how in the hell did she have the money to get embryos implanted?, And why should the rest of us who have a hard enough time just getting our families by year after year, have to pay for her stupidity and selfishness? This woman is crazy and so is anyone else who thinks that I am going to take away from my family to give to her!!! She needs to get some Jobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even before the 33-year-old single, unemployed mother gave birth to octuplets last month, she had been caring for her six other children with the help of $490 a month in food stamps, plus Social Security disability payments for three of the youngsters. The public aid will almost certainly be increased with the new additions to her family.
Also the hospital where the octuplets are expected to spend seven to 12 weeks has requested reimbursement from Medi-Cal, the state's medicaid program, for care of the premature babies, according to the Los Angeles Times the cost has not been disclosed. Word of the public assistance has stoked the furor over Suleman's decision to have so many children by having embryos implanted in her womb.
"It appears that, in the case of the Suleman family, raising 14 children takes not simply a village but the combined resources of the county, state and federal governments, "Los Angeles Times columnist Tim Rutten wrote on Wednesday's paper. He called Suleman's story "grotesque".
On the internet, bloggers rained insults on Suleman, calling her an "idiot," criticizing her decision to have more children when she couldn't afford the one's she had and suggesting she be sterilized.
"It's my opinion that woman's right to reproduce should be limited to a number which the parents can pay for," Charles Murray wrote in a letter to the Los Angeles Daily News. " Why should my wife and I, as taxpayers, pay for child support for 14 Suleman Kids?"
She was berated on talk radio, where listeners accused her of manipulating the system and being an irresponsible mother.
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 costs 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.
For a single mother the costs of raising 14 children through age 17 ranges from $1.3 million to $2.7 million, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
My opinion on this situation is this, I am a single mother or two and yes I get food stamps and all of that, but I would never intentionally have more children when I knew that I could barely take care of the ones I have, or without a partner. Which brings me to a question. If sh couldn't take care of the children she already had, how in the hell did she have the money to get embryos implanted?, And why should the rest of us who have a hard enough time just getting our families by year after year, have to pay for her stupidity and selfishness? This woman is crazy and so is anyone else who thinks that I am going to take away from my family to give to her!!! She needs to get some Jobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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