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I have been a tremendous predicament with health care myself, and I think this lends credibility to my stance. With my first son, my wife was pregnant and we did not have any health care because we were both contracting at the time. We attempted to get help from our state (Minnesota at the time) and sign up for a type of state health care. Unfortunately we made "too much" (which trust me, was not much at all) to be eligible for help and we couldn't go to any of the "low income" hospitals for the same reason. We were screwed.
In the end, after exhausting all roads to get help to pay for our medical needs, we ended up paying out-of-pocket. We were expecting the worst...average cost for child birth is around $5,000 - $7,000! Money we certainly didn't have. We could not sign up for any health care plan on our own as pregnancy is considered a pre-existing condition and not covered. We were screwed.
But thankfully we ended up paying only $1,200 for the entire birth! After speaking with the hospital and letting them know we were paying out of pocket, they were excellent about working with us to keep costs down. I think there are certain holes in the system that need to be patched, but we really do have great health care in this country. Very few people are actually turned down to receive help. With socialized or government health care, more people would be turned away. Once the system reaches it's "cap" and the money is gone, that's it as far as I understand it. The coverage would be far worse, and everyone would be flipping the bill. I just don't get it, and I've been through it.
- oops my text got a bit jumbled there.designbot
- Ah, my brother is going through this right now with his first baby,,,TheBlueOne
- Ahh sorry to hear that. If he can't get help somehow, he should do the same (work with the hospital and tell them he is paying out of pocket)designbot
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- I actually told my wife I would deliver our son in a home birth....haha no joke :)designbot
- Great post man. I've often wondered since it seems in the best interests of the health care industry to do this sort of thing.tommyo