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A Canadian woman went into premature labor in Hawaii last year, but her insurer — Blue Cross — won't pick up the nearly $1 million bill because she had a bladder infection during her pregnancy.
The insurance company called the infection a pre-existing condition of a “high-risk pregnancy,” even though Jennifer Huculak-Kimmel’s doctor says it did not lead to her early labor.
Huculak-Kimmel also had her doctor’s approval before she traveled to Hawaii with her husband in October 2013. She said the couple bought the insurance specifically for their vacation, when she was six months pregnant.
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The good news is, the couple's daughter is now 11 months old and healthy despite being born nine weeks early and spending two months in intensive care.
The bad news is, the milion-dollar medical bill looming over the couple may push the family into bankruptcy. (Source: CTVNews.ca)
Huculak-Kimmel said she and her husband have been overwhelmed by generous offers of donations from strangers but they have not accepted private donations because that is not why they went public with their story.
"People should be warned," she says. "This could happen to anybody." (Source: CBC.ca)
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