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by TrickleDefault 1372 days ago
> When the hospital sends you the bill - argue, argue, argue.

As someone who comes from a country with single-payer healthcare, this sentence made me feel really sad. I knew some people around the world have to pay for hospital trips, but for some reason I never even considered that having a baby could cost the parents money.

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Often times it's thousands of dollars even with insurance. We were lucky in that we only had a $20 copay I think.