Family becomes target in debate over health care

Who qualifies...and to what extent will others comment on who should and who should not be able to participate...and just because they own a home they were criticized as they were allowed to participate...and as the story continued on things were blown out of proportion...many times the entire story is not always presented...in this case they family was making an effort to show how the bill for children's health care had helped..many comments indeed were cruel and just downright abrasive...BD 

When Halsey and Bonnie Frost agreed to go public with how the State Children's Health Insurance Program helped them after a car crash left two of their children comatose, the Baltimore couple expected to hear from critics of government-funded health care. But they were not prepared for comments like this one, posted last weekend on the conservative Web site Redstate: "If federal funds were required the[y] could die for all I care.

"Let the parents get second jobs, let their state foot the bill or let them seek help from private charities. I would hire a team of PIs and find out exactly how much their parents made and where they spent every nickel. Then I'd do everything possible to destroy their lives with that info."

That post was picked up by the National Review Online and other Web sites. By Monday, Rush Limbaugh was discussing the family's earnings and assets on the air.

Family becomes target in debate over health care -- Newsday.com