By David Wetzel New York (Knewz) — Having a baby costs Americans thousands of dollars, according to a new study released by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). New parents in the United States incur an average of $2,854 out-of-pocket expenses when having a baby. The findings come from an examination of a subset of claims from the IBM MarketScan Encounter Database from 2018 through 2020 for enrollees in large employer private health plans. The study looked at the insurer-funded and out-of-pocket costs paid by female enrollees of reproductive age who give birth compared to those who …
