@poleguy @atoponce @kura oh, wow.

There must've been helluva lot better birth clinics at that time. Just look at all the people born on the same day!

@poleguy @atoponce @kura my other grandfather was born at home and that was in the 1920's.

Public healthcare makes childbirth safe for the baby and the mother. Public healthcare makes it affordable too it was around 600€ altogether when my beautiful daughter was born. That included all the maternity clinic visits and tests, childbirth helpers, epidural and few days at the ward.

@nemeciii @atoponce @kura

I'm in the US. My daughter, 16 was born at home: it was paid in cash up-front with no insurance straight to the doctor. A few thousand dollars.

This was way cheaper than my son, 9, who was born in the hospital with insurance, etc. However the cost was covered by my insurance, so my out of pocket cost was approximately $0.

I'd prefer a system optimized for low total cost, not just low out-of-pocket cost. US gov/insurance/healthcare/employers collude to raise cost.