• Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    Despite all that other stuff, the fact that they’re in the US and therefore calling for an ambulance would cost in the thousands probably had more bearing on the situation than them being terrible parents. I wonder how many small children have died due to preventable disease or injury with good, yet financially poor, parents who hesitated to call an ambulance.

    • Lodespawn@aussie.zone
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      3 days ago

      I think it’s more likely they weren’t calling an ambulance because they didnt want to either have their drugs confiscated or be go to prison for possession

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        3 days ago

        I think its more this as well. Also, Medicaid, which they likely had, and their children definitely had, would cover ambulance.