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I remember years ago when I was studying various aspects of the health insurance market, there was one thing that really, truly alarmed me: the amount of Medica

I remember years ago when I was studying various aspects of the health insurance market, there was one thing that really, truly alarmed me: the amount of Medicaid money spent on pregnancy-related care. It was shocking to me. Pregnant women who don't see their doctors regularly end up costing the system an absolute fortune. It is a sad plague among many of the poor who have lots of problems themselves, a big one being drug addiction. This is an extremely uncomfortable for many that they don't want to deal with, so they ignore or make excuses or deny, but it's a really sad reality. I've basically come to the conclusion that 95% of the problems in this country can be traced back to people who have no business having kids, having kids.

watwut 4y ago
Pregnancy and generally anything to do with doctors in USA are super expensive.
- anon291 4y ago
  Except this happens even when care is free. My wife ended up in L&D triage a lot due to high blood pressure. Every single time a woman would walk in, purportedly in labor, without any prenatal care. This was in California, where pre-natal care for those who cannot afford it is... free.
MandieD 4y ago
And now, we’re going to force a lot of women who agree that they have no business having kids, to have kids. Would it be nice if they’d had the forethought, budget and/or power in their relationships to reliably use birth control? Yes, and not just because of unwanted kids, but because their lives would be all around better. When I say “budget,” I don’t just mean the direct cost of birth control, but all the stuff around it, like doctor’s appointments to get and maintain the prescription. But those things don’t line up for a lot of women in America, and now we’ve taken away the main safety valve. Few of them can afford to fly to friendlier states on short notice - they’re often in the kind of jobs where you can’t just call in sick for a few days and expect to have a job to go back to. Gonna be a fun next 20+ years.
- bedhead 4y ago
  Or, maybe they might think twice because the incentives changed? Who knows.
bestcoder69 4y ago
Solution: turn bad decision-makers into good decision-makers. How? Airdrop them into Canada, apparently.

watwut 4y ago

Pregnancy and generally anything to do with doctors in USA are super expensive.

anon291 4y ago
Except this happens even when care is free. My wife ended up in L&D triage a lot due to high blood pressure. Every single time a woman would walk in, purportedly in labor, without any prenatal care. This was in California, where pre-natal care for those who cannot afford it is... free.

MandieD 4y ago

And now, we’re going to force a lot of women who agree that they have no business having kids, to have kids. Would it be nice if they’d had the forethought, budget and/or power in their relationships to reliably use birth control? Yes, and not just because of unwanted kids, but because their lives would be all around better. When I say “budget,” I don’t just mean the direct cost of birth control, but all the stuff around it, like doctor’s appointments to get and maintain the prescription. But those things don’t line up for a lot of women in America, and now we’ve taken away the main safety valve. Few of them can afford to fly to friendlier states on short notice - they’re often in the kind of jobs where you can’t just call in sick for a few days and expect to have a job to go back to. Gonna be a fun next 20+ years.

bedhead 4y ago
Or, maybe they might think twice because the incentives changed? Who knows.

bestcoder69 4y ago

Solution: turn bad decision-makers into good decision-makers. How? Airdrop them into Canada, apparently.