Dawn,
Do you actually READ the posts or do you just advance your agenda as the bitter soul you are? No one said that the kid shouldn’t have the care. Everyone is saying that the predatory attorney gets upwards to HALF the Award and shouldn’t! Are you ok with that??? If so, then YOU obviously have never taken care of anything!
“Sounds like what the money will buy will only make the parents feel better.”
That’s the kind of thinking in a case like this that shows how jaded people are when they decide that a settlement isn’t warranted.
And, since you obviously have a very narrow mind and closed intellect, I’ll fill you in on something. There is no such thing as ‘pro-abortion’. That’s a completely made up term that bible thumpers decided would make them sound superior.
This has sparked some interesting commentary. Setting aside the issue of insurance coverage for a moment, it seems society often chokes on the staggering costs of maintaining a heartbeat even when there is little or no quality of life. Few people can discuss alternatives objectively because there is only one, and it doesn’t square with religious beliefs of some and would be extremely difficult for a parent to make. It seems to me that maintaining a body for decades at all costs is pointless and borderline cruelty to the one involved. Maybe there is no viable alternative, but there will be ongoing discussions as economic pressures and limited medical resources continue to confront us.
No, of course, you’re an elitist humanist communist, I’m sure, Obamanist who’s never taken responsibility for anything and whines and points the finger and then says “Look at me, look how smart I am”.
I’ll clue YOU in. Pro-choice is made up word by feminazi male hating aetheists like you. The only “choice” you’re side is interested in is the choice to terminate. How about the choice to keep your legs shut along with your mouth? If Sarah Palin was a pro-“choice” democrat, she’d be the toast of Hollywood and the rest of your ilk. Because she’s not, she’s you’re worst enemy. Nice, so much for the sisterhood.
Here are the facts. This was a tough trial, as all medical malpractice trials are. It lasted three weeks and cost Jeff Goldberg well over $100,000 in costs. As is usually the case in Wisconsin, there was no settlement offer made by the defendants because the defense wins 80% of the medical malpractice trials in Wisconsin and the insurance companies do not like to settle. Jeff Goldberg will get nowhere near 50% of the award. Wisconsin medical malpractice law allows the lawyer one-third of the first million dollars and 20% of the recovery over $1 million. The money will all be paid, if the child lives long enough, because Wisconsin has the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund that pays awards that are more than the primary insurance coverage of $1 million per practitioner. There were two practitioners found causally negligent, so the Fund will pay everything over those two $1 million policies. Wisconsin law allows the Fund to hold the $5 million awarded for future medical expenses, less the 20% attorney fee, and pay the future bills as incurred. If the child dies before the $5 million has been spent, the Fund keeps the balance. The Fund currently has close to $600 million, so it has been holding its own since it was created in 1975 by the Wisconsin legislature. These are the facts.
That’s what the right-wing inspires. Hatred, insults, lies, and assumptions.
Not that it’s any of your business, I’m not ‘seeing the light that is Obama’. I actually liked Ron Paul. Yeah, a Repub- go figure. But since the media and/or big business don’t own him, he never stood a chance.
You are correct in the fact that Palin scares me. She can put women’s health issues back 30 years. Including rape victims paying for their own rape kits- therefore victimizing them again. Guess a worker that makes $8 an hour that is raped and can’t afford the cost of a rape kit doesn’t matter? How about cutting funding for special needs children in Alaska? With Trig, she might be rethinking that position now?
And, no, since you called me out so viciously, I’ll even tell you what I don’t like about Obama. I work for my money, and I don’t want to see it go to welfare junkies that think breeding is an honerable occupation.
Maybe I was a little harsh as you don’t seem to be quite the feminazi that I thought you were, so I apologize. But, there are way too many people out there that are trying to change the very fabric of this country and hiding it behind issues like a female worker who makes $8 an hour and gets raped by her brother and is now pregnant. That is not happening on a regular basis, it just isn’t, NOW would have you believe that most people are conceived that way. There is also adoption, which for a married white couple to get a healthy white baby, good luck. I personally know 4 couples who have known that heartache.
I also come across a bit strong. I’ve had to make the decision. In 2000, I found out at 24 weeks that my baby had spina biffida and hydroencaphly so bad that her brain hadn’t formed much beyond the brain stem. Her kidneys weren’t functioning. BUT she had a heartbeat, and the possiblity that she might have survived birth to be exposed to the torture that her life would have been was not a risk I was willing to take.
While I was at the abortion clinic (being treated worse then a dog)- there was a 12 year old girl who had been raped by her brother. The Sheriff’s were there, ready and waiting to take the DNA (aka the aborted fetus) to prosecute him. That child was treated horribly- victimized again, IMHO. So, yes, it does happen.
My decision was the most difficult decision I’ve ever had to make, but I will never forget the look on that child’s face. All she wanted was that ‘thing he put there’ out of her body. She had to have a Sheriff in the room with her for ‘chain of evidence’. Apparently she had tried to kill herself- that’s how they found out she was pregnant.
So, yeah, when I heard Palin say that she felt that child should have had that baby I am afraid of what her vision of the future will bring for the healthy daughter I had 3 years ago.
I’m not a nazi man hater. I’m a mother who has had to make a devastaging decision that was the best thing for my baby. And I’m very adamant that a decision like that is not something that Palin or the Supreme Court has any right to be a part of.
But I’m pro-CHOICE. Palin knew Trig had Down’s, and she chose to have him. I respect her decision. All I want is for her and people like her to respect mine.
Oh, and btw- the girl was black. Not much of a call for black incest-rape babies in this country for adoption. So not only would that child have suffered more, there would have been most likely a afflicted baby that the Gov’t would have had to provide for.
It really effected me. Not just my decision, but that poor pregnant child. I’ll never forget her.
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Dawn,
Do you actually READ the posts or do you just advance your agenda as the bitter soul you are? No one said that the kid shouldn’t have the care. Everyone is saying that the predatory attorney gets upwards to HALF the Award and shouldn’t! Are you ok with that??? If so, then YOU obviously have never taken care of anything!
But then again Dawn, we know you don’t as you push your pro-abortion agenda. Disgusting
Guess you’re the one that doesn’t read- to quote:
“Sounds like what the money will buy will only make the parents feel better.”
That’s the kind of thinking in a case like this that shows how jaded people are when they decide that a settlement isn’t warranted.
And, since you obviously have a very narrow mind and closed intellect, I’ll fill you in on something. There is no such thing as ‘pro-abortion’. That’s a completely made up term that bible thumpers decided would make them sound superior.
This has sparked some interesting commentary. Setting aside the issue of insurance coverage for a moment, it seems society often chokes on the staggering costs of maintaining a heartbeat even when there is little or no quality of life. Few people can discuss alternatives objectively because there is only one, and it doesn’t square with religious beliefs of some and would be extremely difficult for a parent to make. It seems to me that maintaining a body for decades at all costs is pointless and borderline cruelty to the one involved. Maybe there is no viable alternative, but there will be ongoing discussions as economic pressures and limited medical resources continue to confront us.
No, of course, you’re an elitist humanist communist, I’m sure, Obamanist who’s never taken responsibility for anything and whines and points the finger and then says “Look at me, look how smart I am”.
I’ll clue YOU in. Pro-choice is made up word by feminazi male hating aetheists like you. The only “choice” you’re side is interested in is the choice to terminate. How about the choice to keep your legs shut along with your mouth? If Sarah Palin was a pro-“choice” democrat, she’d be the toast of Hollywood and the rest of your ilk. Because she’s not, she’s you’re worst enemy. Nice, so much for the sisterhood.
It bothers me that people treat their animals with more respect and compassion in the circumstances.
Here are the facts. This was a tough trial, as all medical malpractice trials are. It lasted three weeks and cost Jeff Goldberg well over $100,000 in costs. As is usually the case in Wisconsin, there was no settlement offer made by the defendants because the defense wins 80% of the medical malpractice trials in Wisconsin and the insurance companies do not like to settle. Jeff Goldberg will get nowhere near 50% of the award. Wisconsin medical malpractice law allows the lawyer one-third of the first million dollars and 20% of the recovery over $1 million. The money will all be paid, if the child lives long enough, because Wisconsin has the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund that pays awards that are more than the primary insurance coverage of $1 million per practitioner. There were two practitioners found causally negligent, so the Fund will pay everything over those two $1 million policies. Wisconsin law allows the Fund to hold the $5 million awarded for future medical expenses, less the 20% attorney fee, and pay the future bills as incurred. If the child dies before the $5 million has been spent, the Fund keeps the balance. The Fund currently has close to $600 million, so it has been holding its own since it was created in 1975 by the Wisconsin legislature. These are the facts.
That’s what the right-wing inspires. Hatred, insults, lies, and assumptions.
Not that it’s any of your business, I’m not ‘seeing the light that is Obama’. I actually liked Ron Paul. Yeah, a Repub- go figure. But since the media and/or big business don’t own him, he never stood a chance.
You are correct in the fact that Palin scares me. She can put women’s health issues back 30 years. Including rape victims paying for their own rape kits- therefore victimizing them again. Guess a worker that makes $8 an hour that is raped and can’t afford the cost of a rape kit doesn’t matter? How about cutting funding for special needs children in Alaska? With Trig, she might be rethinking that position now?
And, no, since you called me out so viciously, I’ll even tell you what I don’t like about Obama. I work for my money, and I don’t want to see it go to welfare junkies that think breeding is an honerable occupation.
Dawn,
Maybe I was a little harsh as you don’t seem to be quite the feminazi that I thought you were, so I apologize. But, there are way too many people out there that are trying to change the very fabric of this country and hiding it behind issues like a female worker who makes $8 an hour and gets raped by her brother and is now pregnant. That is not happening on a regular basis, it just isn’t, NOW would have you believe that most people are conceived that way. There is also adoption, which for a married white couple to get a healthy white baby, good luck. I personally know 4 couples who have known that heartache.
I also come across a bit strong. I’ve had to make the decision. In 2000, I found out at 24 weeks that my baby had spina biffida and hydroencaphly so bad that her brain hadn’t formed much beyond the brain stem. Her kidneys weren’t functioning. BUT she had a heartbeat, and the possiblity that she might have survived birth to be exposed to the torture that her life would have been was not a risk I was willing to take.
While I was at the abortion clinic (being treated worse then a dog)- there was a 12 year old girl who had been raped by her brother. The Sheriff’s were there, ready and waiting to take the DNA (aka the aborted fetus) to prosecute him. That child was treated horribly- victimized again, IMHO. So, yes, it does happen.
My decision was the most difficult decision I’ve ever had to make, but I will never forget the look on that child’s face. All she wanted was that ‘thing he put there’ out of her body. She had to have a Sheriff in the room with her for ‘chain of evidence’. Apparently she had tried to kill herself- that’s how they found out she was pregnant.
So, yeah, when I heard Palin say that she felt that child should have had that baby I am afraid of what her vision of the future will bring for the healthy daughter I had 3 years ago.
I’m not a nazi man hater. I’m a mother who has had to make a devastaging decision that was the best thing for my baby. And I’m very adamant that a decision like that is not something that Palin or the Supreme Court has any right to be a part of.
But I’m pro-CHOICE. Palin knew Trig had Down’s, and she chose to have him. I respect her decision. All I want is for her and people like her to respect mine.
Oh, and btw- the girl was black. Not much of a call for black incest-rape babies in this country for adoption. So not only would that child have suffered more, there would have been most likely a afflicted baby that the Gov’t would have had to provide for.
It really effected me. Not just my decision, but that poor pregnant child. I’ll never forget her.