Saturday, November 8, 2008

Have you ever heard of the father of your child not having to pay for health insurance

Have you ever heard of the father of your child not having to pay for health insurance?
The father of my child does not have health insurance for hisself so child support says that he doesn't have to provide it for his son.... Have you ever heard of this before? and what can I do to get health insurance for him.... besides medicaid b/c me and my husband aren't eligible for it.
Other - Pregnancy & Parenting - 8 Answers
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my father didnt have to pay child support or anything - no insurance nada - my mom had to pay it to him and each of them had two kids ( my mom had me n my sis dad got the brothers ) just because your not eligible for medicaid your child should still be - it sucks that people who work for A lving cant get assistance because we make too much - where as i would think the government would offer insurance at a great discount for people who make so much a year - pay taxes and dint get assistance -
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I don't know what state your in but in California they usually make him pay more in child support to help off set the cost of health insurance.
3 :
Well, sadly, It's not a law that your child has to have insurance. Use some of the child support money and get him covered.
4 :
Its common that they don't. I pay child support for my daughter-that lives with her father and although I DO provide insurance for her I am not required to do so. All you can do is apply for JUST your son, the income qualification are different for children than adults, or find a policy and pay for it. Some states also have an "in between" type insurance. It is provided by the states for children that don't qualify for regular medicaid and at reduced rates.
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You could take out an independent insurance policy. Check out kaiserpermanente.org, bluecross.org, pacificcare.org, or just google personal insurance medical and get a quote. It shouldn't be too expensive. My son's father does not provide health insurance, so this is not overly unusual.
6 :
I'm not sure how the insurance thing works. I was under my mother's insurance growing up, but my father had to pay half the medical bills every year. I hope he's paying half to help out!
7 :
ok, do you or your husband work? it is just as much your responsibility as it would be his is there a reason you or your husband cant get ins? do you all have it? it is very important that children have health ins. if you dont qualify for state assistance, there has to be something in your state. i know here in Ky they offer low cost health ins for families who make too much to qualify for free, but their jobs dont offer it or whatever the situation is. yes it is ridiculous that men get away w/ alot more crap then us women but get over it there is nothing you or anyone can do about it and as this childs mother you are obligated to provide the best for him.
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You can ask the court to modify his support and require him to carry insurance on the child. In my state child support is not part of healthcare coverage. You have to petition the court to modify support, and every 3 yrs, and or if changes in his job/ income etc.

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

In a child support formula there is an entry for how much the father pays for health insurance

In a child support formula there is an entry for how much the father pays for health insurance?
The child support formula has an entry for medial health payment. In our case the father is providing the health insurance to the kids. The number he puts in, is it everything he pays? Or just the difference between paying for himself only vs paying for a family plan?
Marriage & Divorce - 4 Answers
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Yep
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He puts in only the amount that he pays for the child. So if he pays $100 a month and there are 4 people on the insurance the prorated amount for that one child is $25 for two kids $50. I have been through it too many times and I took paralegal classes.
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In most states and divorce decrees, the father is required to pay for the health insurance premium and the mother will be liable for any deductible or co-payments. If the mother has better health benefits, the formula could be turned around, but it has to be agreed upon prior to the divorce, otherwise, the parties have to go back to Court.
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support is 17 percent per child from gross. The after the FICA tax. other cost and expense is normally 50 percent but it is depending on the deal and the agreement in court. If he carrying his child health insurance. for example. $25.00 for single $35.00 for single plus one or family plan. The 50 percent that he have to pay is $10/2 = $5.00 Look in his court order to see what percentage he have to pay.

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Saturday, November 1, 2008

!!!Do you believe, traveling on a bus it's un- healthy to a child health

!!!Do you believe, traveling on a bus it's un- healthy to a child health?
My daughter's friend, went home on the bus with her 13 months old baby and the baby caught, a bad cold and end up in the hospital, too many people were smoking and it was too cold, on the busThe doctot said the baby caught a virus. this happens for real in Baltimore Maryland,she went with her husband, and we live in columbus ga., they were drinking also, they didn't know that people over there did that.
Newborn & Baby - 9 Answers
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Well I took a bus a few years ago when my daughter was 3 and you weren't allowed to smoke on it, and nothing bad happend to her.
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My partner and I travelled by bus many times for the first 8 years of our relationship, most of those times with at least one baby. You are not allowed to smoke on buses in Australia, and while yes, it was cold especially on buses at night, none of our children got sick from the travelling. We would travel interstate, about 13 hours minimum on the bus, and on a few occasions we had our premmie son with us. His immune system was much lower than most other children's but he was fine. It's not the actual bus travel that is unhealthy, it's the exposure to germs and viruses. The 13 month old baby you're talking about could have been exposed to the virus that caused her cold ANYWHERE. Cold by itself doesn't cause viral infections.
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yeah id believe that...my baby just gave us all gastro from chewing on the tops of the train seats, i didnt realise he had done this but before i could stop him it was too late. Well at least i think thats where he caught it from.....
4 :
You shouldn't take a baby into any place where there is cigarette smoke, that's just common sense. However as to the temperature you dress the baby accordingly. If she were outside I am sure it would have been even colder. That's not a big deal. Besides if your friend doesn't have a car what do you expect her to do? Where do you live that they allow smoking on a bus?
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I believe so..............but ...what can you do............it is life.........and we have to adapt to its ins and outs. At least humanbeing has the capacity to adapt to any change and have also the immunity against the side effect of this change. our salutes
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No, I don't think that traveling on a bus is inherently unhealthy. When my son was under six weeks, our pediatrician advised that we avoid mass transit and other crowded places because he was particularly susceptible to germs, and that a fever in such a small infant could be cause for serious concern. But kids are, in general, more prone to picking up every little thing out there. And the recycled air in buses, trains and airplanes isn't the most fabulous thing - it's why people take those uber-doses of Vitamin C before flying. Factor in that the food available on long bus trips tends towards the fried and processed, and little wonder that no one feels their best after a long trip.
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Travelling on public transport in the UK is detrimental to an adults health. You are in close proximity to all sorts of bacteria.
8 :
I have traveled on the bus but would not travel with a child on the bus.........I hated the bus!!
9 :
She may have got sick from the bus ride, but Gray hound doesn't let people smoke or drink on the bus. So next time she should go Gray hound.

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