This American mum’s bill for having her baby will make you value the NHS even more than you already did
You already know healthcare isn’t cheap in the US and yet this new mum’s bill for having a baby still takes the breath away.
Especially the $39 (£29) charge for ‘skin to skin after C-section’. Which is basically, holding your baby.
I know it's cliche to say so, but this hospital charging parents "$39.95" to hold their newborn baby is a REALLY tight microcosm of capitalism. pic.twitter.com/PFaBwyD77a
— Ben Kling (@benkling) March 7, 2019
Makes you appreciate the NHS even more than we already did. And just a few of the things people were saying about it.
It reads like something from an exaggerated dystopian story where you think the author went a little overboard
— Forest Dwelling Dragon (@Swededweeb) 8 March 2019
$13k to have a kid? Crikey!
— Nooteh (@nooteh) 7 March 2019
My son’s birth was $22,000!
— Matt Akers (@mattakersmusic) 7 March 2019
I hope he’s a really good kid.
— Nooteh (@nooteh) 7 March 2019
My tired brain:
Mother: Can I please hold my baby?
Dr: Sure, but it’ll cost ya.
Mother: What–
Father: How much?
Dr: $39.35
Father: $20
Dr: Sir, this is non-negotiable
Father: …$25?
Mother: Richard, just pay the man —
Father: It’s a matter of principle, Monica— Benetnasch (@alkaid_proof) 8 March 2019
how do you get 79 units of c-section
— Chaotic_Century_ED_2.mp3.exe (@ChaseStarB) 8 March 2019
That’s probably how many minutes?
— Lorca Damon (@LorcaDamon) 8 March 2019
A c-section is cheaper per minute than holding the baby per minute then?
— gytha ogg (@_Gytha_Ogg_) 8 March 2019
WhY aReNt Millennials haVInG BabIez
— five planets FIVE (@enfysblessed) 8 March 2019
And people shared their own stories.
I had back surgery in 07, luckily had good insurance.
Hospital charged me/insurance 90 bucks PER PILL to give me my own epilepsy medication. As in, I brought the meds and the nurse handed them to me.
— Jay Mac (@JayMacanudo) 8 March 2019
20 years ago I was charged $7.50 for an “oral rehydration system”. Which turned out to be a mini-can of ginger ale.
— Rita C.M. (@RiMcG) 8 March 2019
My friend had a $25k delivery, we ran the numbers — would’ve actually been cheaper to fly first to the Four Seasons Bora Bora and do a home birth + recovery in one of their suites. It’s INSANE.
— A (@quilssachent) 8 March 2019
