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A couple were told they faced a $200,000 (£146,500) medical bill when their baby was born prematurely in the US, despite them having travel insurance which covered her pregnancy.
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We’re giving you, a pregnant woman, health insurance, not to your baby though.
We also offer fire insurance, but do not dare to assume it covers your house.
Ya this is kind if a unique situation and I went through something similar having had twins in NICU, they bill everything under your childs name and if that baby was in there for several weeks you can really run up a huge bill. It creates a huge mess of paperwork afterwards. This seems to be an instance of a foreign insurance company never having had this happen before, hopefully they update their policies to have this covered by default.
Just the house, not it’s contents
Not the whole story but the gist:
"A couple were told they faced a $200,000 (£146,500) medical bill when their baby was born prematurely in the US, despite them having travel insurance which covered her pregnancy.
Musicians Issy Ferris, from Cornwall, and Archie Sylvester, from Somerset, who perform as folk duo Ferris & Sylvester, were on tour in Nashville when Issy became unwell with pre-eclampsia.
Their baby was born in an American hospital seven weeks early, but the couple said Zurich Insurance Group refused to uphold the policy and cover their costs because the baby was not named in the document.
After a nine month legal battle, Zurich has reversed its decision and told the BBC it was sorry for the stress caused."
Nine months, that’s a familiar number…
Zurich has reversed its decision and told the BBC it was sorry for the stress caused.
Not sorry enough. About as sorry as a BP meme.
Birthright citizenship? No.
Birthright debtor-ship? Yes.
Quarter million dollar baby
