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Greene: Cost of having a baby -- $70

Bob Greene says a friend's hospital bill from his 1947 birth is a reminder of how health care costs have skyrocketed, but also of how technological advances have made having a baby safer.

 

Mainland Chinese Flock to Hong Kong to Have Babies

Parents go to Hong Kong for better medical care and lifelong residency benefits for their children, but locals are outraged over being shut out of maternity wards.

 

A child saved, but family crushed by doctor bills

A child saved, but family crushed by doctor bills

How a Virginia family got permission to get out-of-network treatment for one son's heart defect, and still ended up drowning in debt.

 

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