You can’t live without the American healthcare system

Published July 11, 2025 5:06pm ET



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. This should be considered a success story of the American healthcare system, right?

According to Libby, wrong.

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