We're pregnant for the second time in 2 years. After our first baby was born, our insurance ended up being cancelled on us, which we thought would be fine because we weren't expecting to be pregnant again so soon.
Here is the thing though, we've been trying since October to get some form of insurance to cover the birth in a private hospital here, but we've been told the same thing by everyone that we have called. They have all said that we cannot join until the government finalizes something about the subsidies that were helping people to cover the costs of the birth, which has in the mean time been completely taken away (I don't understand the exact details of this, but that seem to be what it is).
So every time that we call, we keep getting the same thing telling us that we cannot join right now, but that we'll be able to in a few weeks. Right now, with the baby being due at the end of May, we're at the point where even if these laws get sorted out and they start accepting people for pregnancies and deliveries, we're going to be past the deadline that most of these hospitals have.
I am at a loss as to what to do.
A few more details. We may be able to fly to the US by the end of March depending on my wife's visa interview and if she is able to handle the flight, but I don't think we'd be in any better of a situation, and I do not have insurance in the US to cover this, so I would have to scramble and try to find a plan to cover the delivery.
Our last baby was born by an emergency C-section, and since the pregnancies are so close together, this one will have to be a C-section as well (as per Argentine law).
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Can I pay to have a C-section done at a private hospital and then pay for a few days of care for my wife and the baby?
Any advice at all would be very helpful.
Here is the thing though, we've been trying since October to get some form of insurance to cover the birth in a private hospital here, but we've been told the same thing by everyone that we have called. They have all said that we cannot join until the government finalizes something about the subsidies that were helping people to cover the costs of the birth, which has in the mean time been completely taken away (I don't understand the exact details of this, but that seem to be what it is).
So every time that we call, we keep getting the same thing telling us that we cannot join right now, but that we'll be able to in a few weeks. Right now, with the baby being due at the end of May, we're at the point where even if these laws get sorted out and they start accepting people for pregnancies and deliveries, we're going to be past the deadline that most of these hospitals have.
I am at a loss as to what to do.
A few more details. We may be able to fly to the US by the end of March depending on my wife's visa interview and if she is able to handle the flight, but I don't think we'd be in any better of a situation, and I do not have insurance in the US to cover this, so I would have to scramble and try to find a plan to cover the delivery.
Our last baby was born by an emergency C-section, and since the pregnancies are so close together, this one will have to be a C-section as well (as per Argentine law).
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Can I pay to have a C-section done at a private hospital and then pay for a few days of care for my wife and the baby?
Any advice at all would be very helpful.