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Re: There is a price tag, & when you exceed it, everything goes into slow motion
Actually lack of trained neo natal specialists and equipment limits care for preemies. If a 22 week preemie ( with a 20 percent chance of surviving) is using the last neo natal CPAP machine unit the hospital has available the 24 week old preemie with the 60 percent chance of survival with a CPAP loses his /her chance of survival.
Money isn't the reason women don't get prenatal care. There's a variety of reasons. Rationing what we spend on premature babies is a solution in search of a problem. But what you ARE insisting on is leaving some babies to die, because they are more expensive.
Actually lack of trained neo natal specialists and equipment limits care for preemies. If a 22 week preemie ( with a 20 percent chance of surviving) is using the last neo natal CPAP machine unit the hospital has available the 24 week old preemie with the 60 percent chance of survival with a CPAP loses his /her chance of survival.