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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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[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

No, what this means is that they have increased premiums for anyone at 33 weeks of pregnancy and added something about premature births that will cost more if you're traveling to America. Either that or put in specific language excluding coverage for premature births. Either way, insurance companies are a scam.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

Like ‘hey, your baby is not covered, it's 43 minutes under due’

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