At least in the US, the mother’s health insurance policy (assuming she has one) will automatically extend to cover children born while the mother is under coverage.
Yeah it gets a little bit… psychotically dystopian at that point. Most likely the child will be assigned a caseworker who will then enroll them in medicaid (or CHIP or similar state programs, assuming we still have any of those I haven’t checked today…), and regardless they will receive necessary care until they’re discharged. But hey, it’s the US, none of this shit is actually guaranteed!
Capitalism is uninterested in your healthcare policy. That’s your country’s failure, not capitalism’s, for once. Market pressures did not invent a gaggle of middle men siphoning the money between patients and care providers. That’s a result of government failures that ossified into a corrupt system benefiting a select few, a scheme which is not unique to capitalism and is actually reminding me of soviet bureaucracy.
The distinction is not purely academic, because correctly pointing out that you’re not fighting capitalism but corrupt bureaucracy makes reform a much easier sell, which is why healthcare reform is a transpartisan issue until donors and lobbyists get involved.
Their in luck. The republican governor heard their story and just rolled back child labor laws allowing them to buy though their employer. Truly a touching story.
Alas, this “innocent” babe is not so innocent after all. Through a stunning lack of personal responsibility, they never invested in $DOGE during early availability. A lack of capital will doom this freeloader to a life in the mines
There are a lot of “state options” for the poor, but these are often terrible and only cover the most basic services. You may not even qualify for this in some states depending on requirements. Like, a lot of places now won’t provide any assistance without an address, monthly interviews or check-ins AND proof of income.
I have been to the bottom at least once when I lost a lot of family members in a short time, lost my business and had a massive mountain of health expenses and debts. I basically lost everything due to circumstances and it was damn nearly impossible to climb out again. The US makes it very, very expensive to be poor. The hoops you have to jump through to get even the most basic help make it almost prohibitive.
If I could suggest anything to anyone out there who has even basic needs met… go donate to a local food-bank/public pantry. It doesn’t have to be much, especially with the holidays. Cash will go a long way, but anything will help from vegetables from your garden to a few pairs of new, cheap socks. Those places saved me and I am paying it back.
That was not the case with my sister. She has pretty good insurance and had really good care. She ended up making a phone call an hour or two after her premature baby was born to add her to the policy because her now uninsured baby was in the NICU.
I don’t have the details of your sisters insurance plan (I dont think, at least. Maybe someone slipped them to me when I wasn’t looking) so I can’t say what happened. I can say that that is remarkably rapid, far faster than is required under the Newborns act, so I suspect there were either some complciating factors or an abnormal degree of urgency on the part of the hospital billing department that I cannot address. Unfortunately anecdotes that rely on PHI are difficult to diagnose while maintaining privacy of the person in question. They may simply have been forcing all the adminsitrative stress asap so she could focus on the whole “nicu baby” thing.
At least in the US, the mother’s health insurance policy (assuming she has one) will automatically extend to cover children born while the mother is under coverage.
Aaaand there’s the rub. Poor and pregnant? You can just go fuck yourself.
Yeah it gets a little bit… psychotically dystopian at that point. Most likely the child will be assigned a caseworker who will then enroll them in medicaid (or CHIP or similar state programs, assuming we still have any of those I haven’t checked today…), and regardless they will receive necessary care until they’re discharged. But hey, it’s the US, none of this shit is actually guaranteed!
dystopian? this is bog standard capitalist formula, sadly.
so. yeah. dystopian.
How it possibly be “bog standard” when it’s the only developed nation on the planet where it’s true?
The united States is not developed, it’s metastasized.
development is a spectrum.
On top of the other point.
Capitalism is uninterested in your healthcare policy. That’s your country’s failure, not capitalism’s, for once. Market pressures did not invent a gaggle of middle men siphoning the money between patients and care providers. That’s a result of government failures that ossified into a corrupt system benefiting a select few, a scheme which is not unique to capitalism and is actually reminding me of soviet bureaucracy.
The distinction is not purely academic, because correctly pointing out that you’re not fighting capitalism but corrupt bureaucracy makes reform a much easier sell, which is why healthcare reform is a transpartisan issue until donors and lobbyists get involved.
The baby, keenly aware of their lack of insurance and the implications of growing up poor in America, asks the nurse for a 4th trimester abortion.
Their in luck. The republican governor heard their story and just rolled back child labor laws allowing them to buy though their employer. Truly a touching story.
Alas, this “innocent” babe is not so innocent after all. Through a stunning lack of personal responsibility, they never invested in $DOGE during early availability. A lack of capital will doom this freeloader to a life in the mines
The Bible tells us that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Even babies, if they’re not of the elect.
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
There are a lot of “state options” for the poor, but these are often terrible and only cover the most basic services. You may not even qualify for this in some states depending on requirements. Like, a lot of places now won’t provide any assistance without an address, monthly interviews or check-ins AND proof of income.
I have been to the bottom at least once when I lost a lot of family members in a short time, lost my business and had a massive mountain of health expenses and debts. I basically lost everything due to circumstances and it was damn nearly impossible to climb out again. The US makes it very, very expensive to be poor. The hoops you have to jump through to get even the most basic help make it almost prohibitive.
If I could suggest anything to anyone out there who has even basic needs met… go donate to a local food-bank/public pantry. It doesn’t have to be much, especially with the holidays. Cash will go a long way, but anything will help from vegetables from your garden to a few pairs of new, cheap socks. Those places saved me and I am paying it back.
That was not the case with my sister. She has pretty good insurance and had really good care. She ended up making a phone call an hour or two after her premature baby was born to add her to the policy because her now uninsured baby was in the NICU.
I don’t have the details of your sisters insurance plan (I dont think, at least. Maybe someone slipped them to me when I wasn’t looking) so I can’t say what happened. I can say that that is remarkably rapid, far faster than is required under the Newborns act, so I suspect there were either some complciating factors or an abnormal degree of urgency on the part of the hospital billing department that I cannot address. Unfortunately anecdotes that rely on PHI are difficult to diagnose while maintaining privacy of the person in question. They may simply have been forcing all the adminsitrative stress asap so she could focus on the whole “nicu baby” thing.