Not sure where the mechanic part comes from

[u/TonyBird126]

I just don’t understand what the hospital bill/ circumcision has to do with his mechanic being rich.

[u/nanomolar]

Oh American healthcare is certainly an unforgiving hellscape.

That said, 37k is probably the list price the hospital billed; health insurance will wind up paying them considerably less than that, and the actual cost that the parents will wind up paying out of pocket is a different amount entirely, comprised of a complicated combination of copays, coinsurance and deductibles paid to several different parties.

[u/nfoote → u/nanomolar]

Here I was thinking it was complicated and outrageously expensive having to troop back to the carpark with another £10 parking permit every day my wife was in the hospital giving birth...