Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills
by agensaequivocum on Monday December 21, 2020 @07:39PM
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You probably won't hit the out of pocket maximum unless there is a complication. When my wife and I had our first, I was making decent money, still the hospital wrote off the entire bill through their financial assistance program.
It felt really fucked up to have this discussion in what is supposed to be a first-world country. Like we were talking about alternatives like hiring a midwife or a doula because it would be cheaper. I don't even think that would be a discussion in most second-world countries.
The whole system is outrageous.