Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton charged 40-year-old Damien O'Brien and his wife, 41-year-old Jessica O'Brien, with second-degree murder following the death of their 7-year-old son Casper. The boy was 50.5
Healthcare likely would’ve responded, as mandatory reporters. What’s unknown is if the parents avoided the doctor because they knew this or were simply too poor to see a doctor. Not seeing a doctor, with current insurance rates, and the proposal that insurance companies start loan shark in those buying insurance from them, how is this surprising in any context?
Flint MI is a very poor city, on average. Pre2020 you could buy houses for $10k. Now, per the DuckDuckGo AI bot, the average house is $65k. Median household income $33k. And there was the lead in the main water supply not so long ago, not helpful to any of this.
Leyton said the father has a good job and the family has real health insurance. The morning the child died, they even called their veterinarian to have their dog treated.
It says in the article that the father has a good source of income, and the family has good health insurance. So money and insurance is not an issue. This is pure negligence on the part of the parents.
“good health insurance” does that mean marketplace insurance or is it actually “good health insurance”? it’s seems like that leaves a lot open to interpretation.
True. But if your seven year old is morbidly obese and probably showing symptoms of wider health issues, and you have some form of health insurance for the family (which is inferred by the article), you take them to the doctor more than once in their life and get them checked up. If you don’t you are a horrible and negligence parent.
Healthcare likely would’ve responded, as mandatory reporters. What’s unknown is if the parents avoided the doctor because they knew this or were simply too poor to see a doctor. Not seeing a doctor, with current insurance rates, and the proposal that insurance companies start loan shark in those buying insurance from them, how is this surprising in any context?
Flint MI is a very poor city, on average. Pre2020 you could buy houses for $10k. Now, per the DuckDuckGo AI bot, the average house is $65k. Median household income $33k. And there was the lead in the main water supply not so long ago, not helpful to any of this.
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FFS. The dog gets care while the child’s heart explodes under its burden?
It says in the article that the father has a good source of income, and the family has good health insurance. So money and insurance is not an issue. This is pure negligence on the part of the parents.
That also doesn’t surprise me.
“good health insurance” does that mean marketplace insurance or is it actually “good health insurance”? it’s seems like that leaves a lot open to interpretation.
True. But if your seven year old is morbidly obese and probably showing symptoms of wider health issues, and you have some form of health insurance for the family (which is inferred by the article), you take them to the doctor more than once in their life and get them checked up. If you don’t you are a horrible and negligence parent.
Preventative healthcare for children is free in the US for the most part.