re: FLOWER HOSPITAL???

Quoting Caimma:" Smurf! If you can afford that hospital with its high medal honors you must be able to figure out how to find info about abortion and labour. Or how to turn caps lock off."

she might have really good medical that covers all or most of her stay.

Thats a strange concept for us because Hospitals are free for us.

Quoting Caimma:" Thats a strange concept for us because Hospitals are free for us."

I know. Lucky!  

Some insurance is really good, other's not so much. It typically is based on what you can afford.

For instance, I have top notch insurance. My husband's company takes out his portion of it from his paychecks. From what I know it's about 200.00 before fed taxes a month.
I'm 20 weeks into my pregnancy and I haven't paid a cent. However, when I check in to have my baby, I'll owe the hospital 100.00 per day for the care of me and my son.

Other insurance programs might have you pay a certain amount of all procedures or a visit fee of aprx 20.00 or both.

I wish we had universal health care. I don't think anyone should have to pay big fee's or go with out for lack of being able to pay.

That is crazy!

$100 a day. You may as well check into a hotel. I dont think that is fair either.

The only downside to ours being free is waiting times are massive but only slightly more than in the US and our surgeons dont get paid as much so they arent as good. I have had a leg that needed pinning which they didnt do because it was cheaper not to, adult grommets where they tore my ear drum and gall bladder removed where they botched it so it is a risk sometimes.

Its a lose lose situation wherever you go.

It shouldnt cost you to have baby. They cost you enough already.

Quoting Caimma:" That is crazy! $100 a day. You may as well check into a hotel. I dont think that is fair either. The ... [snip!] ... a risk sometimes. Its a lose lose situation wherever you go. It shouldnt cost you to have baby. They cost you enough already."

I agree, but considering my 2nd child would have cost me 1500.00 had my company not supplied a 3000.00 medical card per year, I feel fortunate.

Lines here aren't exactly fast, but if you need pins, you get pins. They don't cut corners. SO I guess I should be happy to pay a little than have crapy service when I need great care.

Yeah. Oh medical stuff lol

The only state funding I don't feel guilty for. Pregnancy medicaid. I still get the best hospital in the area, everything is paid for aside from circumcision. (It's a girl anyway) and I don't pay a dime. If every criminal gets a lawyer than every person should have a doctor. Though my mom at 53 is still paying for my sister Mandie. Who's 38 now.