Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Why is being a mother so expensive in the United States?
Medical care and childcare are both expensive in the US, and the price
tags vary widely by insurance coverage, hospital and doctors, and location. While
over 90% of expectant mothers are covered by some form of insurance, including
public programs, how much of the medical bills are paid by the insurer varies.
Also, if you don’t use the hospital, physicians, or pharmacy that have agreed with
your insurance plan, called “in network”, you are charged the full sticker
price. For example, average insurance claims are over $20,000 for virginal and
more than $25,000 for C-section birth in wealthy states like New York and
California, and most or some of the claim is covered by the insurer. But the
cost doubles if the medical services are provided by an “out-of-network” hospital
or doctor. As for paid maternity leave, the US is the only high-income country
that does not have a national paid leave program, though some “blue states” have
their own programs. When it comes to childcare, US parents bear as much as 40%
of their disposable household income on average, while couples in other developed
countries pay less than half. If you take recent inflation into account, the
cost of medical and child care in the US may be unbearably high for many
mothers and parents.
Read the article and learn how expensive to become a parent in the USA.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/10/why-is-being-a-mother-so-expensive-in-the-united-states
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