I've had multiple miscarriages (currently on pregnancy no. 9 and only got one sprog to shoe for the other eight) and I've had 7 D&Cs and one hysteroscopy plus a battery of blood tests including a full gentic kryotyping for me and the Spouse. I've not had to pay a penny.
It saddens me when I read of the experiences of US women on the miscarriage comm who had had to endure D&Cs under locals because that's cheaper than generals, and who are still paying off the cost of their D&C at the time their due date would have been. And yet they would almost all claim that their healthcare was better than mine (even 'though I bet you they didn't get hot, sweet tea and hot buttered toast after their ops) because they have swallowed the myth that the US healthcare sysem is the best in the world rather than just the most expensive.
Miscarriage isn't the be all and end all by any means but it is symptomatic of the whole system.
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Date: 2010-10-25 08:54 pm (UTC)It saddens me when I read of the experiences of US women on the miscarriage comm who had had to endure D&Cs under locals because that's cheaper than generals, and who are still paying off the cost of their D&C at the time their due date would have been. And yet they would almost all claim that their healthcare was better than mine (even 'though I bet you they didn't get hot, sweet tea and hot buttered toast after their ops) because they have swallowed the myth that the US healthcare sysem is the best in the world rather than just the most expensive.
Miscarriage isn't the be all and end all by any means but it is symptomatic of the whole system.