The “Impossible” Healthcare Solution: Go Back to Cash
Here are the costs of childbirth as of 1952 at one of the finest hospitals on the West Coast, The Santa Monica Hospital:
Having a baby cost $30, which in today’s dollars is $244. A private deluxe room cost $23, or $187 in today’s dollars. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistic inflation calculator, $1 in 1952 is $8.14 in 2009 dollars.