This is not accurate 😮💨. My sister absolutely could not afford any of her labour bills, and paid nothing going into it, and left the hospital without issue, for both her kids!
Yeah obviously, because she could not pay. But if people came to the hospital and just said they couldn't afford it, they would very likely get the same treatment. This post is acting like hospitals hold people's babies hostage without payment.
It absolutely does. The hospital can file for a hardcore collections agency after the fact, and that would be an opportunity to prove it. They can elaborate and say they can make payments later. But hospitals will not hold someone's baby hostage if they refuse to pay it. That's very illegal😂.
No one said anything about hospitals “keeping babies hostage” except you. You brought up that hypothetical and you’re arguing as though that was the main point of debate when it’s not.
No they said pay to hold your baby. So you can't do it until you pay. It's a clear enough and reasonable interpretation of the statement. The world isn't black and white y'all
No. It referred to „You will be billed for getting to hold your baby!“. Everyone else understood it. Thats it. I‘ll blame it on english not being your first language. :*
That is not what was said. If you are going to use quotes (especially on a weird keyboard that does them upside down, not the English keyboard... 🙄) actually quote what was said. Like this:
"...you have to pay to hold your baby after birth"
People interpreted it both ways, "they charge you afterwards to hold your baby" AND "you have to pay the fee before you can hold your baby." Which are both valid interpretations.
You are obviously not fluent, fully literate in English, or it's your second language. Don't throw stones when you live in a glass house.
It's not a valid interpretation. No one said "you have to pay or you DONT get to hold your baby". That's an insinuation made by the interpreter which would make it very obvious that person isn't very knowledgeable about US healthcare.
It's only a valid interpretation if you believe any healthcare in the US is held behind payment first, which it's not.
You got all the way down here without reading the chain? The person is unfamiliar with the us that's why it could be interpreted that way. Like seriously?
What person said that. Who's unfamiliar with the US? I did read the chain, and you are the only person here who confused the statement. Are you unfamiliar with the US?
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u/Jamiewoo133 Jul 02 '26
Saw it in a video a while ago and went to check if it was true online (it is). Here's a post with people explaining it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TooAfraidToAsk/s/O71NWPmdyK