I’m Canadian. And I’m already sorry for asking an ignorant question.
I know you have to pay for hospital visits in the states. I know lower economic status can come with lower access to birth control and sex education. But then, how do they afford to give birth? Do people ever avoid hospital visits because they don’t feel like they can’t afford it?
Do hospitals put people on a payment plan? Is it possible to give birth and not pay if you don’t have the means? How does it work in the states?
How does it all work?
Again. Canadian. And sorry.
Part of the issue with healthcare costs in the US is that many people never pay. That means those with insurance have to cover them via higher prices.
Most of those higher prices come from insurance companies only paying a percentage of what they are billed, and the cost of the staff involved with dealing with those companies.
I wonder how much impact the cost of nonpayment has on the end user vs the cost of the middle men and insurance administration itself.