Thread: How the heck can the birth of a baby cost 130,000 pounds?

UK couple stranded in New York after their baby arrived 11 weeks early face potential £130,000 medical bill - UK - News - The Independent

What a ridiculous story this one is. A woman gave birth to a premature baby in the US and she apparently has to come up with 130,000 pounds to pay for the medical care. What kind of system does that to people? Do people want to get cancer, have heart attacks, give birth to premature babies? Yet if you are not covered (ie. funding immoral, parasitic insurance firms) then you are liable to go bankrupt. Unlike, the immoral, parasitic banks, there are no bail outs for you and your right to live a dignified life. I'm appalled by this story and want to stab a financier in the leg with a fork.

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