就老兩口在家裏凍死談談美國的親情

Poor elderly(65+) are well protected in US. In addition to SSI and
Medicaid, there are housing, energy, transportation, telephone,...
and other assistances.

All one needs to do is a call to SSA, and they will send a social
worker who speaks your language to your house to set all up. The
worker/volunteer will have regular follow-up visits to make sure everything
is OK.

The case reported below sounds very strange to me.

Pls also remember that the utility company doesn't have the info
of their costumer's age, nor costumer's financial capability.

Those who are eager to criticize 美國的親情/safety network, pls
check the facts first; and tell me what old poor people get in China.




俺們這痕兒有一家人，老拖欠電費，給電力公司斷電了
Local Access打往中國電話卡1.3￠/分種

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• 金橋貸款恭祝大家春節愉快!2年固定最低至5.125%(Conforming, No Pt & No Fee)

過了陣子發現老兩口在家裏凍死了
後來地方規定不能隨便斷電
去年的事兒

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• 好可憐，老人應該有社保什麽的 -plumtree- 給 plumtree 發送悄悄話 plumtree 的個人博客首頁 (0 bytes) (6 reads) 1/30/07
• Hehe, that money is not enough to pay medical bill -A-mao- ♂ 給 A-mao 發送悄悄話 A-mao 的個人博客首頁 (144 bytes) (50 reads) 1/30/07
• 他們不一定沒錢啊. 可能是老了不知道安排. 比如顧上買家具了, -冬裏- ♀ 給 冬裏 發送悄悄話 創建自己的博客 (62 bytes) (46 reads) 1/30/07
• A lot of poor family, too. -A-mao- ♂ 給 A-mao 發送悄悄話 A-mao 的個人博客首頁 (186 bytes) (38 reads) 1/30/07
• anyone with SSI automatically qualifies for HEAP which -PoorKids?- 給 PoorKids? 發送悄悄話 PoorKids? 的個人博客首頁 (186 bytes) (15 reads) 1/30/07
• 8曉得啊，當時都不敢相信這事發生在美國，俺們這而冬天 -歲月的車輪- ♀ 給 歲月的車輪 發送悄悄話 創建自己的博客 (110 bytes) (90 reads) 1/30/07
• 怎麽沒有人就這事談談美國的親情? -katies- 給 katies 發送悄悄話 創建自己的博客 (0 bytes) (3 reads) 1/30/07
• 7~, you know what's the American standard, right? -A-mao- ♂ 給 A-mao 發送悄悄話 A-mao 的個人博客首頁 (15 bytes) (11 reads) 1/30/07
• read my HEAP/Rx post, pls :) -PoorKids?- 給 PoorKids? 發送悄悄話 PoorKids? 的個人博客首頁 (0 bytes) (3 reads) 1/30/07