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Couple left with $200k bill after baby born in US (www.bbc.co.uk)

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A couple were told they faced a $200,000 (£146,500) medical bill when their baby was born prematurely in the US, despite them having travel insurance which covered her pregnancy.

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[–] Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

We're giving you, a pregnant woman, health insurance, not to your baby though.

We also offer fire insurance, but do not dare to assume it covers your house.

[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Ya this is kind if a unique situation and I went through something similar having had twins in NICU, they bill everything under your childs name and if that baby was in there for several weeks you can really run up a huge bill. It creates a huge mess of paperwork afterwards. This seems to be an instance of a foreign insurance company never having had this happen before, hopefully they update their policies to have this covered by default.

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Just the house, not it's contents