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British couple will not have to pay $200,000 bill to US hospital for premature baby birth

By Tech Times  
   January 06, 2015

A British couple whose unexpected premature delivery of their child in a New York hospital racked up a $200,000 bill has been assured by the hospital they won't be on the hook for payment. Katie Amos, 30, with her fiancé Lee Johnston, 29, were taking a short holiday trip to Manhattan when Amos suddenly went into labor 11 weeks before her due date. Rushed to Lenox Hill hospital on Dec. 28, Amos delivered a son, Dax, who weighed just 3 pounds and who has since been in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit.

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