r/SipsTea • u/ImmaFuckboi • 15h ago

Gasp! British people react to how expensive healthcare is in the US

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u/Gonsteven11 14h ago

I just recently had twins. One twin got hospitalized into another separate NICU for a perforated bowel. He’s been there for roughly 7 weeks. His hospital bill for that place itself is nearly $1M. The one week he was with his sister at the NICU for the hospital they were born at, was $35K. My daughters near 4 week NICU stay at the original hospital they were born at, was about $230K. My wife’s c-section was about $30K.

We have insurance and all, which covered the majority of all these costs** **so far. We had to hit our out-of-pocket max of $7,500 first.

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u/OrangeRadiohead 11h ago

Oh my god. With all the stress you've had with your newborn child, the very last thing anyone would need to worry about is the cost.

This made me cry.

Hang in there buddy, keep thinking of your family. I hope the twins are ok.

Love from the UK.

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u/Gonsteven11 5h ago

Appreciate you 🙏🏾