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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[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

But clearly the problem here is the non-us insurance company not dealing with it until forced to nine months later

That's par for the course as far as insurance firms go. Most of the times you have to at least threaten them with legal action for them to do their fucking job.

Worst case scenario- go home and never come bs k. That bill is not following you to another country

That depends, there may be international agreements.

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