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| A Pediatric nurse holds a premature baby after feeding him |
A Canadian couple were slammed with a $950,000 medical bill in March after their daughter was prematurely born during a trip to the United States last year, and the costs won't be covered by insurance.
Darren Kimmel and Jennifer Huculak were vacationing in Hawaii last October when Huculak's water broke two days into their trip. She spent six weeks on bed rest in a Hawaiian hospital, and delivered their baby, Reece, on Dec. 10, 2013. Born nine weeks early, Reece was placed in intensive care for two months.
The Saskatchewan couple had purchased travel insurance from Blue Cross before their trip, and said they received assurances from their broker that "we were covered," Huculak told The Toronto Star. And despite a bladder infection that caused bleeding several months earlier, the family's doctor gave Huculak the green light to travel.
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