Comment on How do poor people in the states give birth without money?

Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• moistclump@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh my.

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  • GiddyGap@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Medicaid is the correct answer. Surprised more people aren’t mentioning it. It’s specifically in place to cover people with low incomes who often don’t have insurance through an employer.

    Medicaid will often cover the cost of child birth for low-income people 100%.

    That being said, if you have slightly higher income than allowed to enroll in Medicaid, your only option may be a long-term payment plan and lots of debt that you may carry for the rest of your life. It’s an awful system that really only benefits the strong.

    Canada, don’t go down that road.

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• ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s pretty much how it works. Newborns qualify for Medicaid, and low income pregnant women generally do too.

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• bighatchester@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I always wonder what would of happened to my son if I wasn’t Canadian. He was not growing properly in the womb which meant many doctors appointments and ultrasounds . And then he was born 3 months premature and spent 3 months in the NICU. I didn’t have to pay a cent for any of it .

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  • I_AnoN_I@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Natural selection eould have taken place if you were American

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• lemmyman@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are you familiar enough with the details to share them? Because this sounds strange to me - every plan has an out of pocket maximum and the highest I’ve seen is $14k. Are you including premiums? Do the costs span multiple years?

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  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This was pre-Obamacare, and the birth alone - with c section - was $20k.

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  • MightEnlightenYou@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not American so maybe I’m getting something wrong… But aren’t you making a faulty assumption about people having a plan at all? Isn’t the amount of completely uninsured in the us in the double digits or something?

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    • aidan@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Isn’t the amount of completely uninsured in the us in the double digits or something?

      No.

      Plus in the comment she said she had insurance.

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    • russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The original commenter did mention they had health insurance

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      • MightEnlightenYou@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re correct, my bad

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