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WOWIE! Provocative question, J.P!! Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Joao Paulo Carvalho <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> 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 ! > > +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + > | [log in to unmask] | > +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+ >