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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Men would never put up with this.  You know that plenty of the women delivering alone in NYC are of means. I know one.  Don’t let someone (in this case a hospital) make you give birth without a support partner.

Find another hospital outside of DC if this happens.  Rent a hotel room.  Yes this will cost money.  Kids are expensive so just consider it an add on to nanny/daycare cost. [/quote]

[b]My vaginal birth was 29k. No way am I risking getting stuck with that cost and my insurance not paying.[/b] My insurance had only a few hosptials I could deliver at.[/quote]

Then you must be a fool.  I am an ESOL counselor and work closely with my student's families.  No way does a single one of these thousands of immigrant women pay that -- or anything-- when they walk into the hospital to deliver.  They just say they have no money.  And that's that. They get great care, just like you do. It's not like they leave and go deliver on the sidewalk. They never receive a bill. It would be pointless. [/quote]

Because they know the moms are broke and on Medicaid. Trust me, middle class women would get stuck paying that 29k. How do I know? It happened to my best friend and several moms in my moms group. One was a twin birth that was and she had to pay 18k out of pocket even after insurance. Middle class women are the ones who always get screwed  [/quote]

Now I'm actually curious. As a middle-class woman, if I walked in, in labor, and said I don't have insurance or any money - do I somehow escape getting billed?
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I wonder if you can refuse to give your social and use a false name? I’m just curious as well how it works.[/quote]

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