WOWIE!  Provocative question, J.P!!

Barb Mallut
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From: Joao Paulo Carvalho <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
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Date: Friday, November 27, 1998 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: Medicaid pays caregivers only $9.00 for ENTIRE night


>May I say , "I have a question" ( paraphrasing Martin King D.) : How
much a government, or a nation,
>expends with a delinquent prisoner as compared with a honest citizen
in need for assistance ?! Is it
>fair ?
>
>Best wishes ,
>
>Hilary Blue wrote:
>
>> Dear fabuloluws folks out there,
>>
>> It is not right, it just is NOT RIGHT.  Is it Ivan's fault that he
cannot
>> afford to pay the money needed to attract and keep the care giver
he needs? Of
>> course not, it is that d----d disease that knocked him down in his
prime
>> earning years.  A man with the incredible will power and
determination as Ivan
>> has demonstrated should not have to beg for what he desperately
needs. He is
>> not a malingerer, he is a PERSON IN NEED OF SERVICES. And if such
a category
>> does not exist in the Social Welfare Structure, then is sure ought
to. But
>> till it does, we have to DO SOMETHING about Ivan and others in his
situation.
>> Because, if he exists, then there are surely others out there like
him. Maybe
>> not so vociferous, but just as needy and in just as much pain.
>>
>> There must be big corporations looking for a tax exemption - what
about the
>> big care giver agencies - maybe in return for having their
generosity made
>> known amongst the Parkinson's community, they would sponsor a care
giver or
>> two, here and there.  Maybe we should organise a compaign to
identify possible
>> sponsors, and then contact them to see if they are willing. But it
has to be
>> done quickly, because it is getting very cold, and Ivan and those
in similar
>> situations are in urgent need !
>
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