Since we've been talking healthcare...

[makhro82]

the royal birth cost $15000?! Say what!

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/health/american-way-of-birth-costliest-in-the-world.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

And I believe ericad was talking about the healthcare system in France.

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2012/02/postnatal_care_in_france_vagina_exercises_and_video_games.html

 

[Maria D]

the royal birth cost $15000?! Say what!

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/health/american-way-of-birth-costliest-in-the-world.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

And I believe ericad was talking about the healthcare system in France.

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2012/02/postnatal_care_in_france_vagina_exercises_and_video_games.html

How'd they get off so cheap?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/25/birth-costs-_n_3653256.html

 

[makhro82]

DH and I have been discussing having a baby. It wouldn't be the best time considering he's not working but time is a ticking. I'm 31, chance of conception per cycle is 15%.

One of the discussions we've had is how much it actually cost to carry and deliver a baby and it is quite shocking!

 

[Dancing Fire]

DH and I have been discussing having a baby. It wouldn't be the best time considering he's not working but time is a ticking. I'm 31, chance of conception per cycle is 15%.

One of the discussions we've had is how much it actually cost to carry and deliver a baby and it is quite shocking!

if you are poor it cost zero $$$.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I know several college educated women without insurance (who are not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid) who have chosen to use a midwife and deliver at home. I don't see that there is much choice for people whose husbands do not have high paying jobs and they are stay at home moms with small children. Many people lost good paying jobs with the poor economy and had to take multiple part-time jobs with no insurance. And they wouldn't be able to afford the premiums of the ACA, either.

 

[Dancing Fire]

I know several college educated women without insurance (who are not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid) who have chosen to use a midwife and deliver at home. I don't see that there is much choice for people whose husbands do not have high paying jobs and they are stay at home moms with small children. Many people lost good paying jobs with the poor economy and had to take multiple part-time jobs with no insurance. And they wouldn't be able to afford the premiums of the ACA, either.

My younger daughter will be one of those people, and guess who will be subsidizing her?..

 

[qtiekiki]

The hospital charged $10,000 for my induced vaginal birth with epidural 3 years ago. Maternity care is 100% covered by my insurance, except office copay. Thanks goodness. But the insurance actually paid less than half of that to the hospital. I was not sure what to make of the situation then, still don't. Who is overcharging who, or what not?

 

[vintagelover229]

I know several college educated women without insurance (who are not poor enough to qualify for Medicaid) who have chosen to use a midwife and deliver at home. I don't see that there is much choice for people whose husbands do not have high paying jobs and they are stay at home moms with small children. Many people lost good paying jobs with the poor economy and had to take multiple part-time jobs with no insurance. And they wouldn't be able to afford the premiums of the ACA, either.

My younger daughter will be one of those people, and guess who will be subsidizing her?..

Even if I had insurance (I do now in Canada) I still would have chosen to have a midwife and deliver at home. There are a lot of benefits to this and I know many nurses who are choosing to go this route too. Just watch the business of being born and the more business of being born and that will help educate a lot of women on how the united states runs maternity care.

 

[HollyDolly]

The royal birth was in a private wing of an nhs hospital which was why there was a cost. I haven't read the previous thread but everyone in the uk gets entirely free healthcare including maternity etc. I'm sure someone will have pointed that out though!