Court documents reveal Palin’s grandson uses socialized medicine

Source: Raw Story

Court documents reveal Palin’s grandson uses socialized medicine

By Stephen C. Webster
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 -- 9:47 pm

Court documents reveal Palins grandson uses socialized medicine

For someone who once generated a national hysteria by claiming socialized medicine would bring about government-run "death panels" that would kill the elderly and children with mental defects, Sarah Palin seems remarkably calm, what with her grandson now facing the very same allegedly tyrannical construct, that is.

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The revelation was made in court documents filed Feb. 16, relating to the child support battle between Bristol Palin and Levi Jonson, available here (PDF link) courtesy of E! Online.
http://images.eonline.com/static/news/pdf/PlaygirlSubpoena.pdf

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Arguing that Jonson had not paid health insurance premiums for his son, lawyers for Palin's daughter claimed that exemptions claimed by Johnson's attorneys were invalid due to Tripp's health coverage by the IHS. The claim can be found on page eight of the court documents.

"There are two reasons why this request should be rejected," the lawyers wrote. "First, Levi has never paid for any health insurance. One cannot seek deduction for costs or support one has never paid. Second, this insurance is unnecessary. Tripp is an enrolled member of Curyung Tribal Council within the Bristol Bay Native Association consortium. Because the majority of Tripp's health care costs are already covered by IHS and the Alaska Native Medical Center, Mr. Johnston has no need to purchase additional health insurance and his deduction should not be allowed."

Read more: http://rawstory.com/2010/02/child-support-subpoena-reveals-palins-grandson-on-socialized-medicine/

We all should have it.

Does this mean Sarah Palin has Alaska Native blood? I wonder why this interesting aspect was not mentioned in the campaign? We've never had anyone with Native peoples blood on the presidential ticket before, have we?

That makes the kid one/32nd - cutting it pretty slim for tribal enrollment.

Her family didn't even move to Alaska until a few years later. She's not a native in either sense of the word.

for health benefits plus monetary benefits from the tribe.

at least, here in Ontario, if one child is elegible and their parentage is the same, all children are eligible for the benefits....

You know, the more I hear people railing against the 'system' when they're taking advantage of it themselves - the more I think they're complaining because they know they are fraudulently abusing it - so assume everyone must be as well.

It's like the 'straight' politicians and preachers who spend more time thinking about gay sex than me, my hubby and any 10 of our closest gay friends combined.

can. Since Bristol is a single mother without income (I don't count the faux PR company she supposedly started), she is probably using WIC and food stamps. I don't put it past Sarah Palin to take advantage of anything that could benefit them and then she puts on the anti-socialist face to her slobbering fans.

and taking responsibility for her child's care.
Or to put it simply, it's better for the gubmint to pay than for the Palins to support her.

Verily, republicons are The Latter Day Pharisees.

Not only do they get the health care, they oppose Levi paying for private health insurance and removing him from the system.

You know, the pull yourself up by your bootstraps folks. Hell, Levi is offering to supply the boot straps for his boy and the mom says "no, what the government gives is good enough!"