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[mgm2]

On 4/12/2014 Marp2 said:

Excerpts from article:

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The family of a Texas teenager sentenced to probation after killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck will pay for just a fraction of his court-ordered treatment, a court official testified Friday.

Ethan Couch's parents will be charged $1,170 a month for his treatment at the North Texas State Hospital in rural Vernon. That amount would cover less than two days of treatment, which costs $715 a day, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported (http://bit.ly/1qoRLts ).

Debbie Spoonts, placement supervisor for Tarrant County Juvenile Services, said the facility decided what Fred and Tonya Couch would pay based on a sliding scale.

A message from The Associated Press seeking comment from Spoonts on the facility's payment policy was not immediately returned Friday.

The teen's family previously had offered to pay for Couch to go to a $450,000-a-year rehabilitation center near Newport Beach, Calif. Boyd rejected that request.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/12/affluenza-teen-texas-couch/7633643/?utm_source=...

UNBELIEVABLE!

[esmerelda]

unless you have computed subsidies based on a sliding scale, you don't know how the amount decided is arrived at.

[esmerelda]

On 4/12/2014 Marp2 said:

Excerpts from article:

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The family of a Texas teenager sentenced to probation after killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck will pay for just a fraction of his court-ordered treatment, a court official testified Friday.

Ethan Couch's parents will be charged $1,170 a month for his treatment at the North Texas State Hospital in rural Vernon. That amount would cover less than two days of treatment, which costs $715 a day, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported (http://bit.ly/1qoRLts ).

Debbie Spoonts, placement supervisor for Tarrant County Juvenile Services, said the facility decided what Fred and Tonya Couch would pay based on a sliding scale.

A message from The Associated Press seeking comment from Spoonts on the facility's payment policy was not immediately returned Friday.

The teen's family previously had offered to pay for Couch to go to a $450,000-a-year rehabilitation center near Newport Beach, Calif. Boyd rejected that request.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/12/affluenza-teen-texas-couch/7633643/?utm_source=...

That reminds me of how taxes are collected. Some pay more to make up for those who don't pay their share.

Does anyone really think it takes $715/day to provide services at the facility?