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Salon
Science
Rae Ellen Bichell

HISTORICAL FACTS: Private equity in the maternity ward - Caught on Camera

Young pregnant woman being examined during pregnancy while coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

Elizabeth Huffner thinks it is obvious: A full-term, healthy pregnancy results in a birth.

"When your due date has come and gone, you're expecting a baby any minute," Huffner said. So she was surprised to discover she was an "unknown accident" — at least from a billing standpoint — when she went to the hospital during labor. Her bill included a charge for something she said she didn't know she'd ever entered: an obstetrics emergency department.

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