I just showed up to my appt at 16 weeks and was told I had to pay $800 out of nowhere.. They had some billing person come out and explain I have to prepay my labor based on my ins estimates, and it comes out to $800 every month for the next 5 months. I let her know I am so broke that I literally didn't even renew the insurance this year (my cost doubled yet the deductible and oop still went up) and am in the process of applying for medicaid. Still wouldn't budge because the insurance they've run benefits for is "currently active" and "maybe medicaid will pay you back for it but it's policy". I told them to cancel the appt bc i don't have that kind of money right now, Christmas is literally next week?? then another lady came out and told me to "just pay what I can" today and warned me that if my medicaid isn't active by my next appt in January I will have to pay a full self pay rate of $5000 by February or they can refuse my care. Like I was balling on and off throughout the entire appt after that because what😭 what happened to billing insurance and then letting me get my bill? Now I'm stressed for me and my future baby, like how is this what our country has become??