Have you tried paying $2000 for a birth when you are making
$5 per hour--I think not.
wcm
>
> In a message dated 5/16/00 1:07:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> >
> >  What?  You get *bills* for childbirth?  What sort of third-world country do
> >  you live in?  What the hell is happening when the alleged richest country
> >  in the world makes its citizens pay out money for childbirth?
>
>      Actually, Alister, the philosophical question of why one's neighbors
> should be required to pay for the hospital costs of delivering one's baby
> aside, all economically productive citizens down under who pay taxes "pay out
> money for child birth" -- unless of course, Aussies have become so altruistic
> that they work as doctors, nurses, orderlies, hospital janitors, ambulance
> drivers, receptionists, equipment manufacturers, cooks, etc. without pay.
>
> <snip>
>
> >  But I don't think many of us realise here that you've got to pay out for
> >  childbirth.  What happens when, for example, someone's brought in to a
> >  hospital after a car accident?  Do they have to pay their bills for it
> >  regardless of capacity to pay?
>
>     If they do not have insurance, individually contracted or company
> provided, they get treated and the other paying customers make up the
> difference in higher costs.  If not, and they have the ability (the working
> middle class for all practical purposes), they will be put on a monthly
> payment plan structured to their income.  If they or the other party (if at
> fault) has automobile insurance, the insurance company pays.
>
>   Of course, none of this addresses the question of preventative routine
> health care which is where the real issue lies for the lower income working
> people in America.
> Yours,
> Issodhos
>
>
>  <snip>
> Yours,
> Issodhos
>