First-time parents blindsided by ‘the birthday rule’ and a $207,455 NICU bill
This Kansas couple felt ready for their daughter’s debut on Feb. 15, 2019. But one of the happiest days of their lives turned out to be one of the scariest.
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Cara Anthony / Kaiser Health News |
10:13 am, Jan. 28, 2021
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Mikkel and Kayla Kjelshus found out the hard way that they didn’t have a choice about which parent’s insurance was considered primary after daughter Charlie was born and spent seven days in the NICU. They might have avoided their quagmire if Mikkel had dropped his own coverage and gotten onto Kayla’s plan before Charlie was born. Christopher Smith for KHN