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Re:The US is the most expensive nation in which to have a baby by senorjazz on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:30PM (#16190488)
Can confirm, wife had an emergency c section in the UK, cost $0
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Re:The US is the most expensive nation in which to have a baby by wil421 on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:42PM (#16190598)
Why does the UK still have private insurance? I had a long conversation with a colleague in London but I couldn’t grasp the use case.
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Re:The US is the most expensive nation in which to have a baby by ethnicify on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:51PM (#16190678)
For non-national-health-service private care.

For the rich, basically. NHS is free, but has its issues with inconsistent service and long(!) wait times.

Private is hit and miss, but significantly faster and significantly(!) more expensive. Hence the insurance.

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