Insurance gets charged if it is done, but a friend told me there is no actual charge to the parents. She said there was a lot of pushback about not getting it done and that was one of their “selling points” when she said she wasn’t going to pay for it. Seems like fraud of some kind.
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MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month agoIt’s not free. It costs hundreds of dollars. The user above may have had it covered by insurance, but that’s a different thing. Entirely NOT free
Wilco@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I mean, if insurance fully covers it, then the parents don’t get charged. That’s not fraud. That’s just how that works. It’s weird the hospital was so pushy about it though
tomiant@piefed.social 1 month ago
“Would you like us to cut off a bit of your child’s penis? It’s only $500 if you have a coupon!”
spacebread98@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
If you done while inpatient it is covered by most insurances as part of labor and delivery. When you are discharged for the hospital it would be considered cosmetic surgery.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Oh, phew. I was worried for a minute there.
taiyang@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Well, it’s “free” under insurance, yes. The bigger thing is that it’s covered under every insurance and I think Medicaid, the public assistance healthcare. Not that it’s all that expensive when a birth is like, tens of thousands of dollars sometimes.
I’ve never met anyone who paid for it, though. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was in law that you had to cover it (while shit like birth control is still debated).