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It doesn't. We paid <$4K when my daughter was born for a midwife. The hospital wanted $5K before even seeing my wife just to schedule an appointment. All becau
by nvahalik 9y ago
It doesn't. We paid <$4K when my daughter was born for a midwife.
The hospital wanted $5K before even seeing my wife just to schedule an appointment. All because she is "advanced maternal age" (whatever that means).
- 1123581321 9y agoIt means she would be at least 35 when delivering, but I agree; 5k upfront isn’t justified by that.
- nvahalik 9y agoWell I get the age bit but haven’t been told why exactly things are different. Especially if this is not your first child.
- 1123581321 9y agoI think the idea is that since older mother age increases complications, the average cost is higher and so the hospital risks to lose more if you don’t pay. I don’t agree if this is the thinking, though, since $5,000 as insurance against non-payment is too large a step, and I would imagine older parents, on average, are more likely to be able to, and choose to, pay their bills. I don’t know how being on one’s second or third child affects the likelihood of complications.
- giarc 9y agoIncreasing age increases complications. Old papers, but just the first that came up during a google scholar search. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199510123331501#t=article http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199510123331501#t=a... https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/17/6/1649/2919231 https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/17/6/1649/2919231