One man was charged $40 to hold his newborn baby

By NelsonG,
October 6, 2016 in General News

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Can you imagine having to pay money to hold your own baby?

That's pretty much what happened to Ryan Grassley in Utah in September. After his baby was born, he was as excited as any proud father and couldn't wait to hold the infant. But later on, he received a bill charging him $39.35 for this tender moment of "skin to skin" contact.

Grassley was tickled by the bill and decided to share it on Reddit.

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The image has received nearly 5 million views on Imgur and thousands of comments on Reddit.

Much of the conversation has centered not just the $39 skin contact charge but on the other expenses — like the $3,000 price of a C-section — and really, on just American health care costs in general. Read more...

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