Qualified Medical Child Support Order

Question: I am getting divorced and my divorce was rejected do to a qualified medical child support order My son has? medical insurance from me and when I asked the clerk they said that I need an affidavit saying that he has insureance my lawyer said he did his job and he is done. After I spoke to him about what the clerk told me he was hersitant o fix it. Anybody knows if his job was really done or would anyone pay more

Answer: Sounds like your lawyer messed up. That is what he was paid for - to see that you were divorced. If your divorce didn't go through, then you paid him for nothing.

Question: I got qualified for Medicaid in October they never told me they were going to make me try to get child support? all of a sudden I get this letter asking me to fill out all kinds of information for the child support division. At the end of the letter where you sign it had a box to check if you wanted to "waive" the support I filled out the paper (probably my mistake) and checked the box. Well then all of a sudden I get a Notice of Hearing for the child support. I do not want to have to deal with this or her dad. I would rather close the medicaid case. They say they need a medical support order from him but she is already on my work insurance so medicaid is the secondary. Do I have to continue with this hearing? Do I have to go? How do I close this case all of it I'll just pay the copays from now on! Please help!

Answer: If you are applying for Medicaid does that mean you cannot support the child. If that is the case why on earth would you turn down child support from the father? The father is obligated to pay support. Federal law says so. Child support guidelines vary from state to state. Go to the site listed below to see laws in your state. I do not believe a parent can turn down support for their child. http://www.child-support-laws-state-by-s…

Question: Childcare and Medical Payments Added to Support Order? I received child support in Dec. and recently for my 3 yr old. Contempt charges were supposed to be filed after an appeal (yet still haven't seen that done). He made maybe $200 in payments but still is like $2600 behind or so. I have a few questions. They lowered the support order from like $280/month to $100 something-that could'nt even feed my child for a month. I want to appeal this as he could make more money than that. I make way more than the max 40 hrs of minimum wage they put on the order working part-time so I feel this need to increase not decrease. I want to find a full time job and have an interview soon but can't afford the cost of daycare as me and my husband are struggling. If not, could I add the child care to his support order? I work an hr away from my house now and need a closer job with more hrs as my car is falling apart and if most of the daycare was paid for I could find a job easier with more availability with childcare. We don't qualify for help thru JFS for daycare because we make over the $3000/mo even though we are struggling to pay bills as it is. Also I want to terminate my child's Medicaid as I am unhappy with the Dr's, the distance between them, etc. and put my child on my husband's medical insurance probably along with myself as they stopped my coverage. I need to make some Dr. apt's for me too so how that work for paying the medical if it is all 3 of us on the policy? I think in the new appeal for support it says he has to pay 100%. What all does that include? The premiums for it a month or part of it if me, my husband, and my child are both on it? Would they split it to see how much my child's portion costs or how they figure that? Co-pays, testing, etc.? Also if he is added to my husband's health insurance and my ex was required to pay that, what access would he have to my child's medical records? I think my child may be ADHD and if I get him tested I'd prefer he not have knowledge of this or any other medical history as per HIPA laws. No I didn't, he requested to get his support lowered he never pays. I work PT now but I drive far for my job and might have to quit soon bc I can't drive that far in the snow with my car and only make a few hundred a month plus it's getting harder to get daycare with asking family and that. It would be I think $160 a month to add me and my son and he can being that is it his legal stepson. And yes we are claiming him on our taxes, just trying to figure out how to add all this on to his order. Might as well add it to his arrears for support.

Answer: Didn't you have a lawyer when you went to court on his appeal to lower the child support? I think the laws differ from state to state, so information you get with these questions may not be accurate for you. You said "I make way more than the max 40 hrs of minimum wage they put on the order working part-time so I feel this need to increase not decrease." If this is true and you make more money than your ex then his payments would be reduced because his payments are based on the percentage of his income compared to yours. I think you would be better off to try to see if a lawyer will talk to you about some of this. Sometimes they will consult with you for a bit (without charge) to determine if they think they can help you. As far as putting yourself and your child on your husband's insurance - check with his personnel dept to find out if it can be done and at what additional cost. If adding you would change his coverage to a "family plan" then it would include you and his children. Again you must check with the company to find out if it would also include your child, and what requirements must be met in order to do that. As long as your ex is ordered to pay support (even if he doesn't pay it) he most likely can have access to your child's school and medical records. Also - if you can't get the ex to pay the minimal child support ordered how do you think you will be able to collect on your child's medical expenses. I hope you and your husband are at least claiming the child on your taxes. You really need to get some legal advise for your area.

Question: How to get off medical and how to get overpayment of child support back from the child's mother? My bf's child was on medical when he was still with the child's mother.After they separated(never married)she took him to court for child support&was ordered to pay for the child's medical insurance,so he did&enrolled the child through his work insurance.Recently, he found out that his income qualifies for low income HMO insurance,but he was denied b/c the child is still on medical as a secondary insurance for back up.What can he do about this? 2nd question:My bf was ordered to pay for his child's daycare expenses,but after the court hearing,the mother pulled the child out of daycare&refused to file for a motion.So,my bf filed for a motion to change the support order,but by that time he had paid an overpayment of a little over a grand&when they went to court for this,the court credited his account but he never got any of the money back(it just shows a credit of the same amount on his statement).The CS ppl said he cant do anything about it til the child is 18&then dad take mom to court FISHGUY! For your information, he has his child 57% of the time, so he is taking care of his child. Secondly, the mother was the one who cheated. Lastly, one is not considered irresponsible because one does not stay with the other parent, there are reasons why relationships don't work out. Even people who were married get a divorce. I'm here for advices not ill remarks about my bf. Thanks! FISHGUY! For your information, he has his child 57% of the time, so he is taking care of and raising his child. Secondly, the mother was the one who cheated. Lastly, one is not considered irresponsible because one does not stay with the other parent, there are reasons why relationships don't work out. Even people who were married get a divorce. I'm here for advices not ill remarks about my bf. Thanks!

Answer: Oh yeah, they never give you back over payments until after your child support obligation ends (kid turns 18). Unless it's a tax return intercept that is an overpayment, then they are required to return the overpayment. But when the overpayment came out of your pay checks they give you the credit so that "just in case" you ever get behind in the future, you don't end up with back support, times like when you lose a job, or change jobs & it takes a few weeks to switch the order to the new job. Because then they can just deduct what you would have been behind on from what you overpaid. And if it still remains overpaid by the time the child hits 18, then you can get it back from the custodial parent then. We had that same problem a few years back, & my husbands overpayment was around a grand also. It was also around the time that my husband was changing jobs to, so he just didn't tell them about the new job change until his "credit" was gone & that evened it all out. So no, you can't get the overpayment paid back to you in cash until the child hit's 18.

Question: Getting Divorced? I am getting divorced and it was rejected? I am going to get divorced in New York and I need a qualified medical child support order. I called the clerk and I told him it dosen't apply becuse my son gets insurance since birth and he says I need to get an avfidafvit saying he has insureance does anybody know any where I can get that affidavit and does it exsist? My atoney want more money for this affidavit. I noted that you can get it online but I don't see it anyware does anyone know?

Answer: Cant you get a legal statement from the insurance company?

Question: I am going through a divorce? My divorce was reject due to a qualified medical child support order. I called the clerk and told them it didn't apply becuse my child has insurance my lawyer drew up an affidavit saying that I signed it and he handed it in. I live in New York how long will it take for the papers to be seen by a judge does anyone know. I tool about 3 weeks before will it take more this time? Please give educated responces! If anyone has experianced that let me know!

Answer: I don't know the "legal answer" But congradulations or condoleances! which ever are in order!!

Question: Repost-Child Support was ordered, how did she get out of it.? For those of you have not read this before here is the situation. My husband waited 8 months before reporting his ex to child support recovery, he could have asked for over $400 a month and medical and daycare expenses but all he asked for was $200 a month in support. His ex chooses to work only 15-20 hours per week at a job that makes $10 an hour, because if she works more she gets her food stamps and other government funding taken away for herself and her other two kids. My orginal question was how can she get away without paying child support? Now for those of you who read this before and called me angry and horrible to want a mom with 2 kids only working 15 hours a week to pay child support, let me fill you in. She has a live in boyfriend who makes pretty good money, lives in his cousins house, collects over $600 a month in support from her ex husband for the other two kids that she still has custody of, declared her ADD son diabled and gets $400 a month from the state for having a disabled kid. She is on food stamps, medicaid, and low income assistance for daycare and other items, and has said that if she works more than 20 hours a week she wouldn't qualify for her low income stuff so she shouldn't have to pay child support. Also, my husband is a good 'ol georgia boy who never in a million years wanted to take his kid from his mother. But when the child is late 89 times in one school year, shows up in rags, smells, and the school has to call us because they can't get a hold of her and she dropped him off with Pink eye and 102 fever and pneumonia and she said she couldn't do anything with him that day and that she did give him nyquil hoping he would snap out of it and then left him at the school. You are darn straight I am going to be an angry person. But, my question was how did she get out of paying child support if it was court ordered? How in the state of Georgia do you just not have to pay when she agreed to it, and it is far below what we could have asked for based on minimum wage and 40 hours a week. She is not disabled, and is capable of working, so what gives?

Answer: It doesn't matter what other people think. Showing sympathy for her because she only works a few hours a week is just plain stupid. She is a parent, and that forgoes gender. If it were a man they'd be shouting about him being a deadbeat and how he needed to work more hours or get a second job. Well the same applies here. She needs to either get a second job, or work more hours. You shouldn't give a damn about the other kids, neither should your husband. They aren't his responsibility, however SHE has a responsibility to take care of the child they have together. The reason she hasn't paid is because she's violating the order. You need to have the order enforced by either going through the state's enforcement agency or by going through the court yourself and filing a Motion for Enforcement.

Question: Child support Ex-wife is there anything we can file or do about our situation? We live in Kentucky. Here is our story: My husband was divorced from his ex wife in Sept. 02. The divorce decree stated that they have joint custody of their two minor children. It also stated that his ex wife was to carry insurance on the children cause she had a job that provided insurance and my husband was self employed, having no insurance. Its stated he was to pay off their mini van and once it was paid off he would pay 50% off the insurance on the children. He was ordered to pay 300.00 in child support. And pay off all THEIR credit cards. About 7 months later, his ex wife dropped her insurance through her employer, went and applied for a medical card without notifying my husband. She did not ask the court or anything. Then, the medical card office contacted my husband telling him he had to pay for the charges she had already made with the medical card. This was a shock because he had no idea she had done this. She then, took him to court to up her child support. The courts (one judge inparticular who has ruled everything you read, and unjusticely we believe) forced my husband to put insurance on the children AND pay 100% of the costs. AND still pay for her mini van. She got away scott-free. My husband did not have insurance on himself, infact we had already gotten married and we had a daughter. We only made around 100 dollars more than his ex in a month and WE had a medical card for our daughter cause we qualified for it having low income. My husband had to get a second job just to put insurance on the children. He did not know what to do and we had no money for an attorney. He also loved his kids and wanted them to have proper medical care. About 6 months after that his ex wife contacted the court and wanted to move 5 hours away to her home town in West Virginia. She claimed that SHE had no family here, and had alot of support in WV and she wanted the court to allow her to move there and take the two minor children. She told the judge that she had a job lined up and a house to live in. The judge believed this and did not even have her prove it, (turns out she did not have a job lined up or a home) The judge ALLOWED her to take these children from the only life they have ever known, including their schools, church, friends, father, and brother and sister. How is this is in the best interest of the children? It was inthe best interest of the ex wife! His ex wife only has a sister where she moved to and doesnt even hardly speak to her. So, my husband lost his children and it has been impossible for us to hardly see them. The court said thathe and his ex wife had to meet halfway every other weekend to let him have the children. Which did not happen. My husband and I then lost our skating rink business, the owner of the building we rented sold the building. We had NO MONEY and had two children of our own. This was in December of 03. My husband went down to the child support office in our town and they told him there was nothing he could do about child support being lowered. My husband believed this and we fell behind on child support. They took what we were behind on out of our taxes. We moved to IL cause it was the only place we could find a skating rink to run. We paid 371.00 in child support. We NEVER saw the children hardly at all because his ex wife NEVER in two years met him 'halfway' to see his kids. He had to drive all the way down there and back to get them and bring them home. From IL to Wv was a 8 hour trip one way. My husband and I did not know if there was anything we could do, we were clueless. We lived in IL for 2 years, barely making it and still struggling to pay the 371.00 in chilld support. My husband them got a wonderful job offer from my father and we moved back to KY. This also put us closer the his children. We had just got some debts paid off and we were still struggling cause we had another baby, so we had 3 at home now. We faught with his Ex to see his other two kids and she always has excuses as to why we cant. My husband has done everything he know s to do to be with his kids. There are all these account of dead beat dads, and people are always complaining, but here is a man who WANTS his kids, and the court allows his ex wife to move and take them 5 hours away! SO, just this year in May his ex wife goes behind our back and files for a child support evaluation. My husband has to work out of town alot, he makes salary but gets extra pay when he goes out of town. The judge modified his child support based on his total income including his extra pay and we now have to pay 951.00 a month. His ex claims she only makes 2,200. a month and my husband with extra pay makes 4,000.00 (only 3,100. or so salary without extra pay) but we cant keep going and having it modified everytime his extra pay is gone and then goes back on. So, they just set it with what it is now. They do not care at all that we have 3 other children at home to support. This 951.00 a month is maki

Answer: All I can say is you must have a lousy attorney. There is no way a good attorney would have let her get away with all that she has. Cough up some decent money and get a very aggressive attorney. Go back to the court the original order was filed in and get it amended, including the fact that she doesn't follow the order to meet half way. It will save you money in the long run. And for god's sake if you are already struggling financially, stop having kids. Red

Question: In DE, whts Statue of Limitations for Alimony? Divorce Decree was GRANTED w/NO SUPPORT to Me(Hswf) by DEFAULT!? I didn't have an Attorney!... * I didn't qualify for a free Attorney due to a Conflict of interest... (Because my Ex is a Police Officer in this State (DE)!) * My Ex's Parent's PAID for my Ex's Divorce Attorney, while knowing that my Parents couldn't, because my Father is Deceased and my Mother has Alzheimer's Disease. * My Ex took (and/or Closed) all of our Money, Credit Cards, Bank & Credit Union Accounts, Stocks/Bonds, Medical Insurance, Pension, Etc. * I was a "Stay-at-Home" Mother/Housewife, with NO income during the ENTIRE Marriage. * I was 100% Disabled during the ENTIRE Marriage. * My Ex Filed for Personal Bankruptcy one (1) week PRIOR to Filing for DIVORCE! * My Ex 'Abandoned' our daughter & myself, but was NOT charged with 'Abandonment', because my Ex claimed that he took our 4 yr old Daughter with him when he left our home. (Which I have witnesses that can prove is False.) * My Ex mislead the Family Court & was Granted an Interim Custody Order with our Child Residing with him, and NO Child Support, just a Bi-Weekly (for Myself) Visitation Order. * The 14 Month old Divorce Decree DOES NOT INCLUDE: - A Spousal Support Order, - A Property Division Order, - or ANY other Agreement/Order, besides the Interim Custody Order. * The Divorce was Granted by DEFAULT, on the grounds of "Irreconcilable Differences". I have been FORCED to depend on Friends to survive, and REALLY NEED to go after what I'm ENTITLED to, after being Married for 10 years. Has anyone EVER been, or know of someone who has been through my situation, and if so PLEASE give me advice as to what I have a right to, or any advice at all, as to what I can do about it. I cannot seem to find any help online, or without an Attorney (because I can't afford one, & can't find one "Pro Bono"). I would really appreciate any help/advice that you could give me. * THANK YOU! *

Answer: I don't understand a few things. Were you denied alimony during the trial? Did you not appear for trial & he received everything he petitioned for by default? These things will matter to a judge. If you were previously denied, you need to show "a real and substantial change of circumstances" such that judgment. http://research.lawyers.com/Delaware/Div… If you never showed up at court, you will need to have a very sound reason why you weren't there in order for the judge to reverse the decision. Here are some legal sites regarding alimony in DE. http://www.divorcelawfirms.com/resources… http://www.divorcesupport.com/divorce/De… You can go to your county clerk's office to obtain forms for "Alimony modification." The fee, if any, should be nominal. Fill out the form(s) & return to the Co. clerk to file them (another fee, but higher). The clerk can inform you of when to expect if the matter will be heard before the court. You need to get ALL your information & proofs as to why ex should be paying you alimony. The judge is not interested in any past blame. Just the facts as to why you are now entitled to alimony. Stick to only proving that & it will go better for you than if you were to waste the judges time hearing grievances from the past that can not be changed now. Court is not the place to vent about how unfair life has been. Anything you present should all directly tie into why you are entitled to alimony now. If you had a long marriage, were disabled, was the main care-taker of your child then this will improve your standing. Don't ruin it by talking about things that don't affect the order.

Question: in order to quailify for "welfare" state grant do you have to be on aid ? such as medical ect...or can you just qualify for a state grant for child support ? state of california

Answer: If you are low income you qualify for medical. You would not qualify for child support, you get that from the childs father, not the tax payers.

Question: I live in another state and my child lives in Texas. I am ordered to pay for his health insurance but cannot? I am on state aid and am a college student in another state and on medicaid myself as well as my other child. Can I get him qualified for the chips program or some form of state medical aid even though I don't live there. His father makes decent money but isn't providing insurance. I am already paying 200 a month in child support which I can barely afford what are my options. The state is paying for me to go to college so that I can get a job that will allow me to provide adequately for both of my children. At this time I don' have the skills to get a job that would provide enough income to get independent insurance. My ex husband owns his own business and I am struggling to keep my head above water, working and full time school as well as being a single mother of another child. I'd appreciate advice that doesn't involve judgement against a mother trying to better herself so she can provide for her children

Answer: Eligibility is based on the total income of everyone in the household of the person who will receive the aid or coverage. If he lives with his father and his father makes too much for him to qualify, then the only possibly way for him to qualify would be to list him as part of your household, and even that is a long shot.

Question: How can some Islamic scholars justify abortion for any reason? I am on a serious mission to study and understand Islam,however I have come across this question which is raging in my mind about abortion.I AM PRO-LIFE ALL THE WAY AND DO NOT SUPPORT ABORTION FOR ANY REASON! Many websites on Islam say,that if the fetus (HUMAN BEING,I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE TERM FETUS WHEN DEALING WITH A HUMAN INFANT) can be aborted if qualifed medical opinion says the child is severely deformed,handicapped or would suffer in its life due to its deformaties it can be aborted (KILLED) from its mother's womb.Or if the deformed or handicapped child would cause hardship to the family it can be aborted Or if 2 qualified medical doctors both agree that to carry out the pregnancy,it would have dire consequences to the womans health then an abortion up to the 4th week or 120 days is permissable under Islamic law.(these answers apperently were majority opinion under an Islamic law comittee in Saudi Arabia? In the HADITH (DOES it state that life is not breathed into the child until after 120 days?and this is the basis in which they legalize it up till 120 days? This in my opinion is very hypocritical. How can Islam claim that all life is sacred,and the QURAN state that killing your children is wrong,yet the religious Authority deems it permissable based on a single passage in the Hadith about life being breathed after 120 days?That makes no sense because in the Quran Sunah 6 verse 151 states [6:151] Say, "Come let me tell you what your Lord has really prohibited for you: You shall not set up idols besides Him. You shall honor your parents. You shall not kill your children from fear of poverty - we provide for you and for them. You shall not commit gross sins, obvious or hidden. You shall not kill - GOD has made life sacred - except in the course of justice. These are His commandments to you, that you may understand." and 17:31] You shall not kill your children due to fear of poverty. We provide for them, as well as for you. Killing them is a gross offense. 60:12] O you prophet, when the believing women (who abandoned the disbelievers) to seek asylum with you pledge to you that they will not set up any idols besides GOD, nor steal, nor commit adultery, nor kill their children, nor fabricate any falsehood, nor disobey your righteous orders, you shall accept their pledge, and pray to GOD to forgive them. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful. The quran is clear that killing CHILDREN for ANY Reason is forbidden,yet they justify killing on 3 counts 1.severe retardation or deformaty,2 economic hardship to the family,and 3.life endangerment to the mother? Killing is still killing is it right to kill someone else to save yourself?

Answer: i agree.. a unborn baby does not deserved to be killed no matter wat the situation is .. i was unaware that such a law exists in saudi and maybe the law was passed to appease the comman ppl.. but by all religions and countries, i condemn abortion of any kind especially if a baby was to be aborted if it had abnormalities or if it was an unwanted preganancy between a married couple.. i guess its a highly debated topic like mercy killing.. whereas i dont think laws can be passed for that in islamic shariah, as it accounts for suicide!!

Question: Can I get my son's father to help pay for his braces? My son's father and I are divorced and both of us are remarried. We have a support order that he is to pay child support, carry insurance and pay 75% of uncovered costs. My son now needs braces. My husband has put my son on his insurance because the medical is better and he has braces coverage of $2000 and the policy my ex had didn't cover it at all. I have been trying to be nice and offered to split the remaing $3200 50/50. He is refusing on the grounds that his wife says that braces are cosmetic and therefore he doesn't have to help pay for them. For my son they are needed to move his teeth forward for his molars to be able to come in properly. I have never asked him to pay the 75% of anything that wasn't covered even though my son has to go to the doctor every three months and has monthly perscriptions. They only reason why I am asking for help now is because of the amount. I also have never taken him back to court for a COLA, asked for any help paying for daycare or any of the acitivities they kids are in (we have two children together). I am not sure what to do at this point and my son should have gotten the braces 8 months ago. Unfortunately I can't afford a lawyer and because of my husbands income I can't qualify for one from the state.

Answer: Your court order requires your son's dad carry insurance and pay 75% of what the ins doesn't cover. If that includes dental insurance then the same rule applies. Medically necessary dental treatments can often be covered by a medical ins plan. If the ex doesn't want to comply then notify the court that handled your case.

Question: kid's counselor advised me to stop visitation to NCP. he has also moved- refuses to give new address. advice? despite serious concerns I had about visitation, he was awarded limited unsupervised visitation. I complied, but he would often not have food, neglected a medical problem that landed her in an ER, kept her truant from school, and isolated in a tiny bedroom with him the entire visit (rents a room in a small house with unknown roommates). dozens of other issues as well. child's counselor advised me to stop visits and file an ex parte- I did. denied until hearing. for her safety and welfare I refused to allow visits. hearing is in less than two weeks and he has now moved without a forwarding address or phone (disconnected). left messages on my home phone he wouldn't see her for months but replied to court he wanted no change to visits. what now? don't qualify for legal aid, can't afford an attorney- I spend all my $ on my daughter, there is no support order (he has next to no income). ideas? he is statinghe wants me jailed for contempt. state is CA. Papa bear I am sure you are a strong advocate for caring dads who don't get the rights they deserve but could you for one moment STOP assuming every mother out there is a vindictive witch out to use the kids to her advantage? I have bent over backwards to keep a relationship between them, even when he was homeless, even when he would disappear for months at a time, even when he was jailed and even with active restraining orders in place due to DV issues. I'm asking for supervised visits until he can demonstrate stability- not termination of rights. this is about HER, not HIM so kindly get off your high horse and open your eyes to the fact that some fathers aren't worth the title. btw I've been on Yahoo for 11 years with this screen name, it isn't new. paranoid much? others contributing- you are appreciated. taking some steps already and will put other suggestions to use. we both thank you deeply.

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Question: HARDSHIP, COLLECTIONS AND NOW PAY GARNISHMENTS CAN I EAT? In order to qualify for assistance, like food stamps and free medical, in my state they want bank statements that cant have more than 500 dollars in the bank. you cant make more than 1200 BEFORE TAXES. but when the state allows a credit company to garnish checks they consider it on a disposable income base AFTER taxes and not medical or dental... WTF? why put on the KY? i make 15 dollars an hour and im single so they tax me more plus my company medical is COBRA so thats 260 a month dental 15 a month. I have 1 child support payment and now credit garnishment. I brought home before the garnishments and CP, 1030 every two weeks after taxes. Now, 197 every two weeks comes out for garnishment and 125 every two weeks for Child support even though she makes almost 60,000 a year in the military. that leaves me with about 1200 a month to live plus. Heres the KICKER: i went to a four year university and got a BS. in BS lol, student loans 245 a month, and i have a car: 197 a month. not including insurance and my registration due this month,275. ***, can i eat mutha$$$$$s? damed if i gotta pay rent right now ifl my gurl kicks me out again, if i gotta fix my car or put gas in that ****. Now these bitc$ muthas from AAFES are getting me for my tax return check for the past two years. and for some strange reason everytime they take it, the balance goes back UP to what it originally was every year when its tax return time. So its the same 2300 dollars every year even though they got me for almost 2k already in the past two years and the original was 2300. BUT YOU KNOW they like to blame it on penalties and interest. that’s why its stagnant. THis is some white collar bullshit!!! I just wanna know how its legal to make me suffer like this? force me to homelessness due to hardship? And the reason why i went delinquent on those bills is because of a major car accident that left me unable to walk for 8 months. tryed to write my local congressman and his aid respond that it was, verbatim, "unfortunate of my hardship but"... must i continue how the blame went on me and pretty much called me irresponsible. Just venting...

Answer: You are making well over 30k a year, plenty for a single person to live on. You do nto have hardship, you have a higher cost of living then you are willing to work for. Since you have a degree you should be able to find a better paying job. That would help a lot.

Question: Florida medically needy program.........? Ok... I am REALLY confused! I'm a full-time student and single mom and to finish getting through college I have relied on the Florida state Medicaid program to cover my 3 year old and my own medical and prescription costs. I have always qualified for the state program in the pasts but this last time I applied I recieved a letter of denial saying that I make $96 over the income limit so I only qualify for the "Medically Needy" program. First of all I don't work so I have no "income" per say the only thing I do recieve is child support and some help from my mother (thank god) in order to make it by each month. I've called and spoke with a couple different people through the medicaid hotline number but I have been told different things both times, none which make total sense ): So I guess what I am asking is if there is anybody else out there who has any actuall experience with using or dealing with this "Medically Needy" program that could offer me some advise. Thanks for any help!

Answer: Florida's Medicaid program sucks!!! I've had so many problems dealing with them. If the deny you call the Florida healthy kids program. It pretty much the same as Florida medicaid but it is for people who cant qualify for medicaid. You have a small monthly payment (mine is 15.00) and you have no copay on anything not even prescriptions. The "Medically Needy" program is WAY more expensive than healthy kids, It's also called the "share of cost" program where you have to pay a certain amount of every doctor visit, prescription, hospital visit etc. You can visit healthy kids web site for more info. https://www.healthykids.org/

Question: Have you heard of the SHOW ME Campaign? Can we help? The Millennium Promise Alliance, recognizing our collective ability to control one of the leading causes of death in Africa, calls on all world leaders to continue, and intensify, the fight against malaria. Up to three million people, mainly children in Africa, die every year of the disease. A child in Africa dies every few seconds because they lack access to life saving interventions like bednets and medical therapies. The global effort must be urgent and ambitious enough to achieve the targets set forth in the Strategic Plan to Roll Back Malaria (2005-2015), which include 80% coverage of core interventions by the year 2010, in order to achieve at least a 75% reduction in morbidity and mortality by 2015. Even faster progress, however, is possible and desirable. The Alliance especially calls for fulfilling the important G8 pledge in the G8 Gleneagles Summit for "the additional $1.5 billion a year needed annually to help ensure access to anti-malaria insecticide-treated mosquito nets, adequate and sustainable supplies of Combination Therapies including Artemisinin, presumptive treatment for pregnant women and babies, household residual spraying and the capacity in African health services to effectively use them . . ." (paragraph 18 of the Africa Communique). The additional $1.5 billion per year would signify a total donor effort in the fight against malaria in Africa of approximately $2 billion per year, a substantial and needed increase in the commitment to fight the disease. Enough of this funding should be channeled through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria to enable the Global Fund to offer full support to all qualifying plans presented in Round 6 and later rounds. Bolstering this effort, the World Bank should also follow through on the urgent implementation of its Malaria Booster Program. The United States Congress should take this historic opportunity and answer the call of President Bush to be a leader in this fight by fully funding, and expanding, the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI).

Answer: The big number one problem with this and other groups like it is over 80% of money goes to admin fees. Only .20 on the dollar reaches a few people who really need it.

Question: Please explain how Palin is a good VP choice. And I thought Hillary was bad...? I am just in awe at how blindly and stupidly so many of the "christian" conservatives will follow whatever the Republican party throws at them. Some of you want to talk about "morals" and "ethics." Palin is both an unethical and immoral person. She is involved in two scandals in which she attempted to fire other government officials out of personal reasons. She is flat out lying to the nation in her speeches about her support for the bridge to nowhere (she was for it, before she was against it, that attack should sound familiar to you Republicans). She is using her family for political gain and putting them in the media spotlight and then asks people not to talk about them. The VERY conservative voice Dr. Laura also dislikes that Palin is toting around her children for votes, coupled with the fact that she is shirking her duties as a parent. She has NEVER issued an order as head of Alaska's national guard (quick...the Russians and coming, the Russians are coming!). McCain himself has criticized three of her many many earmarks she obtained for Alaska and Wasilla as objectionable spending. And, even though she got millions in earmarks for a small town that had never gotten any earmarks before she was mayor, she still left the town $22 million in debt--How's that for managerial experience? (just like a "fiscal conservative" republican has let the national deficit grow to the largest in history. Wait, who was the last president to have a budget surplus... oh yeah... Clinton...a DEMOCRAT). She has said that she believes our soldiers are in Iraq on God's mission. Maybe, like Bush, she can talk to God in the Oval Office and let the Lord guide her decisions (because that has really really helped us so much under Bush). This is a democracy not a theocracy. Even the REPUBLICAN leader of the Alaskan senate says that Palin is not even qualified to be governor much less VP or P: "She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?" said Green, a Republican from Palin's hometown of Wasilla. "Look at what she's done to this state. What would she do to the nation?" She doesn't have the experience of Obama. Less people live in Wasilla Alaska than in the stats senate district Obama represented for years. She has no foreign policy experience at all. Obama opposed the war from the beginning. And, she has said before that Iraq is a war about oil... so God's work is about oil? Please do not be a fool and blame the governor for the FEDERAL government's lack of response during Katrina. Remember that Bush had appointed a FEMA director that was not qualified and had lied on his resume. And for those of you who want to flaunt republican values and morals, here's a compilation of polls, mostly from Gallup, showing that most Americans disagree with the Republican agenda. Americans are pro-choice (67 percent) Americans support the Geneva Conventions with regards to torture (57 percent) Americans don't want the government snooping in their bank and internet records (67 percent) Americans support protecting the environment at the expense of economic growth (55 percent) Americans believe that global warming is happening (86 percent) Americans believe that it's the government's responsibility to provide health care (69 percent) Americans support the decriminalization of marijuana (55 percent) and support the legalization of medical marijuana (78 percent) Americans are opposed to attacking Iran (68 percent, according to a CNN Poll) Americans support labor unions (60 percent) Americans want government funding of embryonic stem cell research (56 percent) Americans believe rich people and corporations aren't paying enough taxes (66 and 71 percent respectively) ***There is just too much to keep talking about. This post is so long, but I still feel like I'm missing so much...The republicans have run this country into the ground and it is time for change. Obama-Biden 2008!

Answer: She's a nightmare (Sarah Palin). Definitely a very, very, very bad choice for VP.

Question: Childcare and Medical Payments Added to Support Order? I received child support in Dec. and recently for my 3 yr old. Contempt charges were supposed to be filed after an appeal (yet still haven't seen that done). He made maybe $200 in payments but still is like $2600 behind or so. I have a few questions. They lowered the support order from like $280/month to $100 something-that could'nt even feed my child for a month. I want to appeal this as he could make more money than that. I make way more than the max 40 hrs of minimum wage they put on the order working part-time so I feel this need to increase not decrease. I want to find a full time job and have an interview soon but can't afford the cost of daycare as me and my husband are struggling. If not, could I add the child care to his support order? I work an hr away from my house now and need a closer job with more hrs as my car is falling apart and if most of the daycare was paid for I could find a job easier with more availability with childcare. We don't qualify for help thru JFS for daycare because we make over the $3000/mo even though we are struggling to pay bills as it is. Also I want to terminate my child's Medicaid as I am unhappy with the Dr's, the distance between them, etc. and put my child on my husband's medical insurance probably along with myself as they stopped my coverage. I need to make some Dr. apt's for me too so how that work for paying the medical if it is all 3 of us on the policy? I think in the new appeal for support it says he has to pay 100%. What all does that include? The premiums for it a month or part of it if me, my husband, and my child are both on it? Would they split it to see how much my child's portion costs or how they figure that? Co-pays, testing, etc.? Also if he is added to my husband's health insurance and my ex was required to pay that, what access would he have to my child's medical records? I think my child may be ADHD and if I get him tested I'd prefer he not have knowledge of this or any other medical history as per HIPA laws.

Answer: It sounds like you need to talk with a lawyer. I don't know how to answer your questions, but I wish you the best of luck.