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Parents Are Being Asked to Pay the Cost of Delivering Their Babies in Advance (truthout.org)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Fun fact:

In China, people are expected to pre-pay for treatments, including emergency treatments. Its actually a common trope in TV/Movies where a poor person is dying and unable to afford an expensive emergency surgery, and call a rich relative/friend that they haven't talked to for years to pay for them.

Well looks like the US is heading the way there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Now, with such policy, as long as medical costs stay low and medical facilities improve, with more investment, surely there should be some improvement (after all, we all live in first-class countries, unlike China or Russia)