# Who is paying in the Schiavo case? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 18, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-paying-in-the-schiavo-case/295189 "2005-03-18T19:34:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-paying-in-the-schiavo-case/295189/1 "2005-03-18T19:34:58Z")
The debate is in GD, and the rants are in the Pit. I just want a few facts. Who is paying the medical bills in the Schiavo case? Has the payer changed over time - say party A until 1993, then party B until 1998, then split among parties C, D & E? ---
**Author:** ![Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Can_Handle_the_Truth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-paying-in-the-schiavo-case/295189/2 "2005-03-20T04:18:22Z")
Bump. I’m also interested. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-paying-in-the-schiavo-case/295189/3 "2005-03-20T04:25:15Z")
[From Here](http://slate.msn.com/id/2115064/) Who’s paying for her care? Schiavo resides at a nonprofit hospice that has assumed part of the cost of her care. Medicaid pays for the rest. According to this AP story, keeping her alive costs about $80,000 per year, and at least $350,000 of the malpractice settlement awarded to Schiavo and her husband in 1992 has been spent on her care. Florida Medicaid normally offers hospice coverage for those with a life expectancy of no more than six months, but Schiavo has received assistance from the state for the last two years.