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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
You can anticipate an average hospital bill of $5,000-$10,000 for a vaginal delivery. Add at least $2,000 if you need a c-section. A newborn will go through eight to twelve diapers a day for the first few months of life. That equals from 300 to 400 diapers a month. This means you will need to set aside from $75-$125 a month just for disposable diapers. If you intend to feed your baby formula rather than breast milk, you can add another $100 a month to your budget for formula. you can expect to spend anywhere from $100 a week to more than $800 a week for the care of a newborn.
Pay the $36.00.
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Well, technically, if you show up at a hospital that takes Medicaid in labor, they have to take you, and Medicaid has to pay, provided you have no other way to pay.
I found this health care cost estimator's estimates of childbirth cost to be interesting:
http://www.bcbsnc.com/apps/cost-esti...patient&sub=14
They say it will cost at least $6800 for a normal delivery without complications to almost $18500 for a cesarean with complications (at most). Having babies is definitely expensive, and birth control is obviously worth the cost.