Reply #47: All four of the kids could have fulltime jobs and the family finances may still have been derailed

[Gormy Cuss]

because the mother has a serious illness and the family has no insurance. That's the point -- it's the uninsured illness that threw the family train off the rails. Positing on whether the adult children should drop out of school and find jobs in the current economy is valid but even if all four had full time jobs there's no guarantee that the family finances would improve to the point where paying for cancer care out-of-pocket would be within reach. It's a really tough situation principally because of the lack of health insurance.