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[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

$6,000 for a night in the hospital, two CAT scans, and 20 stitches. With insurance.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

So the price without health insurance would have been anywhere between $40-100k, probably.

Ouch

[-] blue9yun@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It can be <$6,000 cash and I wouldn't be surprised.

This is the figure I once heard:

Delivering a baby with awesome health care plan: $12,000, you pay $2,000 (of course you pay more monthly for having this plan)

With mediocre health care plan: $8,000 and you pay $3,000

Without health care plan: $4,000 and you pay all of it.

The same $4,000 care is priced based on how much money they can get from you (or your plan)

Same delivery

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

How do poor people afford to have babies? Double whammy given the statistically higher number of babies and limited birth control options for lower incomes.

[-] Kase@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oh ho, just wait till you hear about the costs of raising a child!

but seriously, that's a good question, and I have no idea 🙃

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