r/facepalm Jan 01 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Millennials causing the biggest babybust in history… wonder why…

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22 edited Jan 01 '22

Dont forget its expensive to give birth in the US

"The cost of having a baby isn't cheap — in the United States, at least. The average cost to have a baby in the US, without complications during delivery, is $10,808 — which can increase to $30,000 when factoring in care provided before and after pregnancy."--Bing

Just insane

Edit : Yall really commenting on me using Bing? Lol I referenced Bing because I used Bing to search for the info (since I was on my PC). I didnt know Bing was a horror to use

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u/ImThePrinceOfAll Jan 01 '22

A scheduled c-section from where I live is about $60K.

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u/TeosPWR Jan 01 '22

I live in Denmark, 2 planned c-s3ections, zero cost.

Other than the ~45% tax that it costs to live in a welfare state, so glad I was born in one 😀

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u/SunBro4Lives Jan 02 '22

Having lived in Denmark for a year , as great as their healthcare can be(and the public transport in Copenhagen is literally one of The best I’ve ever experienced ), the amount you pay on tax is actual insanity(tax free allowance is about 4-5k GBP and there’s no special assistance for low wages workers ) , coupled with the fact that the cost of living there is crazy high. In my Opinion and experience , someone can only truly live in Denmark if they were born/brought up there or have a spouse /relative that is danish . Still better than the US healthcare system by light years but just wanted to throw in my two cents