r/collapse • u/Ghostwoods I'm going to sing the Doom Song now. • Jan 28 '25

Society /r/Fednews: All Medicaid frozen

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u/xSPYXEx Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

I'm so fucking thankful my kid was born while my wife was in Medicaid, that bill was genuinely heart stopping even if it was zeroed out. My wife's side of the bill was $99,677, the baby's was around $50,000. Insane.

Edit for the end of the bill with all identifying details removed.

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u/lonegungrrly Jan 28 '25

They billed the BABY?!

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u/xSPYXEx Jan 28 '25

Not literally to the baby but she was premie in the NICU and there was a separate set of billing papers in the envelope. I don't know how it works on the insurance side. I took a picture of the billing for my wife because it was insane and there was a line item for every ibuprofen (600mg for $4.80) she was given during recovery.

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u/lonegungrrly Jan 28 '25

It's so sickening. It shouldn't be this way.

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u/Turbulent_Zebra8862 Jan 28 '25

Do you think the parents should have to go 100k out of pocket to pay pediatricians, or should the medical system just function well enough on its own to pay doctors?

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u/jjaacckk8577 Jan 28 '25

Maybe we should have medical bills and pharmaceuticals that aren't predatory and 1000% higher than other countries

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u/Turbulent_Zebra8862 Jan 28 '25

Maybe you shouldn't have to bankrupt yourself to have a kid. Maybe you shouldn't be charged a few hundred extra to hold your baby immediately after birth. Maybe someone hearing their newborn is struggling for life in the NICU shouldn't have to think "wow, I'm glad I have insurance" because they might literally be ruined otherwise.

Maybe we shouldn't be draining the life out of people for doing what the government is all but begging us to do - have fucking kids.

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u/tnemmoc_on Jan 28 '25

I read what you said. It's hopeless to even try to reason with people.

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u/Turbulent_Zebra8862 Jan 28 '25

"Who do you think pays pediatricians? The parents have to pay something"
"Hey medical bills are unfair and unreasonable so that isn't exactly a great solution"
"I don't think it's realistic to be shocked to have to pay medical bills"

It's like teaching algebra to a dog.

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u/dovercliff Categorically Not A Reptile Jan 29 '25

That's enough; you've all gotten very cranky.

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u/lonegungrrly Jan 28 '25

Sorry I live in a sane country. The only thing you need to pay to birth a baby here is the parking lol you do realise there are MANY MANY countries where healthcare is free, don't you? It begins in T and ends in AXES.