Under my UPS union insurance, that was how expensive it was for having a child. $20.
Under my UPS mgmt insurance plan, it cost me a little over $1,000. With my current job, the twins cost several hundred to have. All depends on the insurance plan I guess. On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:12 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > I can share another story. > > My wife and I decided it was time to start having children. She got > pregnant, we paid a $20 co-pay on her first visit to OB/GYN. We paid > nothing for each subsequent visit. My wife went into labor and after > quite a few hours of labor, the Dr. decided that she needed a > c-section. Fast forward 24 hours and my son was diagnosed with a > stroke. He was moved to another hospital and spent 15 days in the > Neonatal ICU before being discharged. How much extra did the > unexpected c-section and stay in NICU cost us? Nothing. > > So, for $20 we got 9 months of doctors visits, including ultrasounds, > blook work, etc, PLUS a 4 day stay in hospital for surgery/recovery > PLUS a 15 day stay in an intensive care unit with blood work, MRIs, CT > Scans, etc. If that is broke, I would love to see how it would work > when its fixed. > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:06 AM, G Money<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Let me tell you another story.... >> >> While out playing football with my friends, I come down awkwardly >> on my >> knee. It hurts for several days, so I go see my doctor. I pay him >> my $15 >> dollar co pay, he refers me to a knee specialist. The specialist >> sees me the >> next day, diagnoses a torn ACL, suggests surgery if I want to >> remain active. >> A week later, I have my elective surgery, then 6 months of rehab, and >> finally, a fitted, constructed-just-for-me knee brace. >> >> Total cost: $15 copay for initial visit. >> >> Immediate, top of the line care for an elective surgery to ensure a >> better >> standard of living....for fifteen bucks. >> >> Now...I don't know if my experience is the exception or the >> rule.....but >> it's worth noting that there are those of us who've had nothing but >> good >> experiences with our "broken" health care system. >> >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> That's a brutal story. I count my lucky stars that I have >>> nationalised >>> healthcare. Waiting an extra week for non-emergency care is worth >>> it to >>> know >>> I'm at least going to get care. No matter what. >>> >>> This was a link at the bottom of the story. Pretty funny. Or sad, >>> since >>> it's >>> pretty much true. >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzDwXr9szxw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edailykos%2Ecom%2Fstory%2F2009%2F7%2F7%2F751100%2F%2DHow%2DI%2Dlost%2Dmy%2Dhealth%2Dinsurance%2Dat%2Dthe%2Dhairstylists&feature=player_embedded >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Sandra Clark <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/7/751100/-How-I-lost-my-health-insu >>>> rance-at-the-hairstylists >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299688 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
