Baby delivery and 3 month ICU stay costs $1 million

[dmcowen674]

3-28-2012

http://news.yahoo.com/australian-co...QDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnMEdGVzdAM-;_ylv=3

Baby delivery costs $1 million


John Kan and Rachel Evans had taken out travel insurance and extra cover for Evans' pregnancy without realizing the policy would not cover birth or the baby.

They were about to return to Australia after their B.C. vacation when Evans went into premature labour at the airport.

Australian media reports the couple negotiated a payment plan with the hospital at about $300 a month, which would take 278 years to pay off.

 

[dmcowen674]

So what are the lessons here?

1) Insurance not worth the ink on the paper

2) Canada health care more expensive than the U.S. or would the bill be even higher if born in the U.S.?

3) Don't have babies?

 

[slightlyhuman]

are you lost? go back to P&N=|

 

[TwiceOver]

What was she doing on a flight anyway... How "premature" was it. I'm pretty sure my wife's doctor said no travel after 8ish months.

 

[darkxshade]

4. Don't travel while pregnant

 

[Bateluer]

4. Don't travel while pregnant

Stop me if I'm wrong here, but when pregnant women go in for prenatal appointments, they are informed on things like this.

 

[JTsyo]

Guess everything is more expensive for Australians, not just video games.

 

[DominionSeraph]

How "premature" was it.

Three months in a neonatal ward sounds pretty severe.

 

[Cookie]

So what are the lessons here?

1) Insurance not worth the ink on the paper

2) Canada health care more expensive than the U.S. or would the bill be even higher if born in the U.S.?

3) Don't have babies?

"Piper Kan stayed in the neo-natal ward of the B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre for three months and the bill ended up being about one-million dollars."

She was in the hospital for 3 months! That would cost more than 1 million in the US, no?

 

[vi edit]

Technically the delivery didn't cost a million. It's was the 3 month NICU stay that did.

 

[Gunbuster]

Return to Australia. Do not pay. Never visit Canada again.

 

[JD50]

McOwned trolling again, fix your thread title, it's false.

 

[dmcowen674]

She was in the hospital for 3 months!

That would cost more than 1 million in the US, no?

That's what I was thinking, would probably have been a $1 million a day if was born in the U.S.

 

[waggy]

stupid article posted by a idiot.

A) she is a idiot for going
b) they are idiots for not knowing the insurance would NOT cover the baby
c) the baby was pre-mature yeah ICU is going to be needed
d) they were in the hospital for 3 fucking months.


anyone that thinks this is typical is a idiot.

 

[waggy]

McOwned trolling again, fix your thread title, it's false.

that's why he posted here in OT. in P&N shit like this gets him banned. They have a different set of rules over there.

 

[SKORPI0]

McOwned trolling again, fix your thread title, it's false.

This. Delivery probably cost $5000, the 3 month hospital stay (not sure of the reason) is what totally cost $1m.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i think my nephew spent ~8wks in NICU for ~200k room and board. not sure what their insurance covered, im assuming most all of it.

 

[Dumac]

So what happens in situations like this? Are the parents driven into poverty for the rest of their lives? Or does the hospital settle on some smaller amount?

 

[arkcom]

So what happens in situations like this? Are the parents driven into poverty for the rest of their lives? Or does the hospital settle on some smaller amount?

Since the parents probably won't live 278 years, I'd say it's been settled.

 

[waggy]

So what happens in situations like this? Are the parents driven into poverty for the rest of their lives? Or does the hospital settle on some smaller amount?

only good thing this is rare. most people have more common sense and have the ability to read.

it really depends. they can talk to the hospital and odds are will be knocked down.Since its in the news it will be erased.

 

[wiredspider]

So what happens in situations like this? Are the parents driven into poverty for the rest of their lives? Or does the hospital settle on some smaller amount?

Australian media reports the couple negotiated a payment plan with the hospital at about $300 a month, which would take 278 years to pay off.

 

[DaveSimmons]

IMHO civilized nations should mandate coverage exchanges while traveling -- the Canadian government should pay the cost of citizens needing care in Oz or the US, while private insurance companies in those countries should be forced to reimburse care in Canada.

 

[sdifox]

my kid was prememature by like 5 weeks and he spent 3 weeks in nicu. Good thing this was in my city and covered by public healthcare.

 

[buck]

that's why he posted here in OT. in P&N shit like this gets him banned. They have a different set of rules over there.

Its been a while since I was a regular here, but isn't this the same guy that downloaded porn or something like that at work and got thrown in jail?

Someone help remind me, its driving me crazy.

 

[Genx87]

So what are the lessons here?

1) Insurance not worth the ink on the paper

2) Canada health care more expensive than the U.S. or would the bill be even higher if born in the U.S.?

3) Don't have babies?

I am confused, I thought you and the rest of the single payer crowd hold that system in high regard for keeping costs down? In the US a baby born costs right around 15-17K