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Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by nojvek on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @12:44AM (#17865700)
Our total bill for a normal delivery was 25k. 25k for a doctor and nurse to pull a baby out of the vag!

It took 2 months for the bill to arrive.

Healthcare in US is like legal extortion. You could literally bill for breathing hospital air and people would have to pay.

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Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by zaarn on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @04:18AM (#17866613)
>You could literally bill for breathing hospital air and people would have to pay.

Don't be ridiculous. You'd be billed for air and hospital odor separately!

Though I should note that a delivery is usually more complex than simply waiting there for the little one to fall out, there is some after care and such that is being performed plus the doctor is usually not that cheap either. (They have a lot of student debt to pay off after all)

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Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by maxerickson on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @07:41AM (#17867428)
Their liability insurance has to cover the costs of lifetime care for any babies that are injured during delivery (juries have made this clear enough). It's not strange that they pass this cost on to mothers.
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