Over on X, a podcast host named Abby Libby wrote that she only had to pay $6,000 to deliver her second son at just 33 weeks of gestation. Three months on, the mother and baby seem to be doing well.

For Gideon's two-week NICU stay, no major procedures, the bill was more than the value of our house. Thanks to good insurance, we'll pay just 6k for everything, but this is insanity. You can be ...