Maternity tourism?

[Dinner]

Now the wing nuts love to talk about "anchor babies" (supposed cases where pregnant Mexican women sneak into the US so the baby becomes a US citizen so they can sign up for welfare) but CNN has a totally different take.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/04/18/pkg.gutierrez.maternity.tourism.cnn?hpt=C2

They're saying maternity tourism is common and growing but it is mostly very wealthy foreign women who do it. They're saying some foreign women spend up to $50,000 for the whole thing just so they can make sure their child has US citizenship as a kind of insurance policy if things go to hell in their home country. Interesting stuff.

[DaShi]

Why does Greenland's flag have a pokeball on it?

[Dinner]

Because they love to play pokeball.

[Aeson]

Didn't you post this thread already?

[SlowwHand]

Now the wing nuts love to talk about "anchor babies" (supposed cases where pregnant Mexican women sneak into the US so the baby becomes a US citizen so they can sign up for welfare) but CNN has a totally different take.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/04/18/pkg.gutierrez.maternity.tourism.cnn?hpt=C2

They're saying maternity tourism is common and growing but it is mostly very wealthy foreign women who do it. They're saying some foreign women spend up to $50,000 for the whole thing just so they can make sure their child has US citizenship as a kind of insurance policy if things go to hell in their home country. Interesting stuff.

I don't believe the 50k price for a second, but let's say it is 50k. They still make out like the bandits that they are.

[onodera]

50k? That's either an overstatement, or your embassy officials demand really large bribes.

[Guynemer]

Assuming they are paying the hospital bills out of pocket, $50k sounds just about right.

[onodera]

Assuming they are paying the hospital bills out of pocket, $50k sounds just about right.

Okay, let's say it's 5K for the tickets and 10K for the accommodation and food. Are you telling me American hospitals charge 35K for a single birth?

[DaShi]

Try getting a visa and writing in the purpose for visit section, "To have a baby."

[Guynemer]

Okay, let's say it's 5K for the tickets and 10K for the accommodation and food. Are you telling me American hospitals charge 35K for a single birth?

That's probably on the low end, if I had to guess.

[onodera]

Do people from the projects give birth in the gutter then?

[Guynemer]

No, they rely on Medicaid.

[KrazyHorse]

I'm seeing numbers between 8k amd 10k for average cost of a birth in the US.

[onodera]

No, they rely on Medicaid.

What if a tourist goes into labour on Times Square? Will they doctors hold her hostage until she pays the bill?

[Riesstiu IV]

They will take her baby and raise it to be a super-soldier.