Donations of formula/supplies in a safety net hospital would be very appreciated and useful. These hospitals receive extra funding for this purpose since such a large percentage of patients will not be able to pay the bill, but they still tend to be somewhat resource-poor. A much smaller number of hospitals are 'safety net' hospitals (~5% of all American hospitals I believe), which make it their mission to provide care for low income patients with no insurance or government-sponsored insurance (Medicaid, Medicare, etc.).

Even for uncomplicated vaginal deliveries, many patients aren't able to pay anything and the hospital ends up eating the cost (or passing the cost onto other patients/their insurers in the form of overcharging for everything).Īdditionally, most hospitals in the US are not-for-profit for-profit hospitals are actually a minority of hospitals in the US. In many of these cases (and especially in cases of c-sections, NICU stays, etc.), the hospital bills are absolutely enormous, and the patient is completely unable to pay. This means that uninsured pregnant women in labor will be admitted regardless of their ability to pay their medical bills. EMTALA (the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act) is a federal law in the US that forbids hospitals from turning away patients who are in a state of emergency (including pregnant women in labor) based on their ability to pay.

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