Canadians, stay out of the USA if you are preggers..........

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AnnaMarie

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OMG, this would cost you not a cent in Canada. This couple from, out west here, was billed close to a million bucks when they had a baby in Hawaii. Stay home if you are not well or in the family way. This is crazy! It cost a million dollars????? How can you manage to survive, I wonder? This is Tommy Douglas land ,thank you God. I feel bad knowing that folks in the States have to pay so very much. Not fair at all.
Saskatchewan family billed $1M for baby born in U.S. | Canada | News | Edmonton

I always thought our health care paid for emergency care outside the country. (Normal and reasonable charges for where the services were required.)

This woman had an additional policy, and they are denying her claim saying she had a pre-existing condition i.e. a high-risk pregnancy. (I think she was treated for a bladder infection earlier in the pregnancy, a normal part of pregnancy, and her doctor says her pregnancy was NOT high risk.)

So....what happens with the snow-birds? They are old, isn't that a pre-existing condition that tends to require medical care?
 

staropeace

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I always thought our health care paid for emergency care outside the country. (Normal and reasonable charges for where the services were required.)

This woman had an additional policy, and they are denying her claim saying she had a pre-existing condition i.e. a high-risk pregnancy. (I think she was treated for a bladder infection earlier in the pregnancy, a normal part of pregnancy, and her doctor says her pregnancy was NOT high risk.)

So....what happens with the snow-birds? They are old, isn't that a pre-existing condition that tends to require medical care?
No clue but good question. I think, in the young momma's case, they milked it for what it was worth. That sounds totally cracked...a million dollars!