Let Taxpayers off the Hook for the Octuplets

Who really knows whether Nadya Suleman is a wacko, delusional, a deadbeat mom, or a genuine, caring feeling mother. She's been hailed, but mostly reviled with one or more of these tags. The near universal opinion is that the eight pregnancies could and should have been avoided.

We do know this. Someone will have to pay for the care and upbringing of Suleman's eight strong brood (plus six others). That someone almost certainly won't be Suleman. That someone will be taxpayers. We will have to foot the bill for neonatal care, doctor and hospital visits, as well as getting back and forth to those visits, ongoing home care, and dozens of other big and little hidden costs of health and child care times eight. The tab will likely come to millions. Kaiser has already forked out a cool million or more for the birth and deliveries and extended care at its Bellflower facility.

Make no mistake the kids have to be cared for. And here's who should pay for that care. Kaiser which milked the mother and the story for all it was worth (Kaiser grossed 34 billion gross last year) should pay. The insurer of the doctor, clinic or the fertility drug mfg. which egged (pun intended) her on should pay. The throng that allegedly cheered her on and defended her decision to have all eight should pay. The Catholic Church and the legions of anti-choice groups that praised her for her decision to do the supposed morally right thing and not abort any of the kids should pay. Pay Pay Pay all and but please let the taxpayers off the hook.