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Couple left with $200k bill after baby born in US (www.bbc.co.uk)

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A couple were told they faced a $200,000 (£146,500) medical bill when their baby was born prematurely in the US, despite them having travel insurance which covered her pregnancy.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 40 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

used to be anchor babies, now is trapped in debt babies

[–] avg@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

Just don't pay, what are they going to do?

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

Repossess the child.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 15 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I mean given all I hear it would not entirely surprise me that they would hold the baby hostage, at best

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Hospital: we gonna steal ur baby lol

Parents: oh no, you are going to feed it, bathe it, care for it, educate it, all on your own dime? Oh the humanity

Hospital: wait no not like that-

E: hospital: that's filthy socialism!

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly. You're already outside of the country. Let them send you bills. They aren't going to send the FBI to kick in your door because of unpaid bills...

[–] mangaskahn@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

ICE, on the other hand, we send them to do all manner of things outside the US.

[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

As artists that go on tour, the US leg likely provides a significant chunk of their income. If they were just on vacation, that's a different story.

Worth figuring out for them, as it boiled down to an administrative issue with unclear wording in the insurance contract.