On 07/10/2015 4:51 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 9:01:40 AM UTC-4, graham wrote:
>
>> As you know, in Canada we have a public funded system. My D-I-L had an
>> emergency c-section and one twin spent 3 weeks in the NICU and the other
>> is still there after 6.5 weeks.
>> I dread to think what that lot would have cost them on your side of the
>> border.
>
> It all depends on your insurance policy. We've got health insurance
> through my husband's employer. He was hospitalized for three days.
> We never saw a bill. I frankly have no idea what the hospital billed.
>
> We have to pay a portion of the insurance premiums. IIRC, it's $150
> per month, which includes prescriptions. If he were uninsured, I'm
> confident he'd pay more than $150/month just for his meds. My
> thanks to all of his co-workers who don't use their benefits.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
There's a recession in this city due to the collapse in the oil price
with massive lay-offs in the major companies. Both my son and d-i-l were
newly unemployed at the time of the premature births.
Graham