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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    8 hours ago

    Part of why medical bills in the US are so high is because if you don’t pay them, they sell the debt to collections at pennies on the dollar.

    Which means that the people who do pay the high prices are paying for those who don’t or can’t or won’t.

    Stop paying.