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Couple left with $200k bill after baby born in US (www.bbc.co.uk)

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A couple were told they faced a $200,000 (£146,500) medical bill when their baby was born prematurely in the US, despite them having travel insurance which covered her pregnancy.

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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 31 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

That sucks... Born in the US....

[–] darklamer@feddit.org 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Paying taxes to the US forever!

[–] nlgranger@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Just checked, it appears you can renounce it :

the State Department no longer proactively attempts to prove such intent, and issues a Certificate of Loss of Nationality (CLN) only when an individual "affirmatively asserts" their relinquishment of citizenship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relinquishment_of_United_States_nationality

[–] darklamer@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago

Progress!

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 9 points 10 hours ago

Bruce Springsteen has entered the chat. And that song is not celebratory