Hi all, I have been reading all the posts related to these issues for Ivan, Hiliary, and Rita's mother. I agree it is a big problem, a societal problem, and also a many-sided problem. I also think the "solutions" run far deeper then adjusting Medicaid payouts or government policy, nor obviously does it affect only PWPs. It not only takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village and imagination to care for its disabled and infirmed. How? Barbara Blake-Krebs 58/14 barbkkfi@@aol.com