Pregnant Woman Receives Medical Bill Addressed to Her Unborn Fetus

A woman in the U.S. has revealed she was once sent a medical bill while pregnant which was addressed to her unborn fetus.

In a series of tweets, Allison Millar revisited the bizarre incident, which played out back in 2016 when she was with child.

"If anyone outside the US would like to know about US healthcare, I'd like to share my recent Facebook memory: the time exactly 5 years ago my son received a medical bill (he is 4)," she first wrote.

Millar posted the tweet alongside an image of a bill from Baylor Genetics addressed to: "Fetus of Allison Millar."

The picture came accompanied with a caption that simply read: "The f***?"

She went on to elaborate further in a follow-up tweet, explaining that she went to Colombia at the height of the Zika virus before she knew she was pregnant and therefore had to undergo a series of "insane tests" to check on the health of the baby as a result.

Millar didn't reveal how much she had to pay but she did say they disputed the bill and the price "dropped about 10k."

Despite this, she added that she is "still paying" it five years later.

Millar's post has already been retweeted nearly 3,000 times on Twitter, with many quick to cite her experience as an all-too-common occurrence under the U.S. healthcare system.

"This is precisely why I don't understand Americans who fight against universal healthcare," fellow Twitter user SkProMasker commented.

"I'm Canadian. I was admitted to hospital for 5 weeks for anorexia, + years of followup appointments. It cost my family absolutely nothing," she added.

"Please advocate for universal healthcare in the US."

AlisaGordon01 agreed: "I wish healthcare in the US was free. Reminds me of the time when i was 18 and i was charged near 64k to basically stay alive because my appendix was about to rupture. i personally don't even think i'm worth 64k."

One of the most distressing stories came from TomHolland1992, who wrote: "Roughly 10 years ago my dad was diagnosed with a rare chronic leukemia and the medication bills were so expensive my family had to file for bankruptcy. We almost lost the house because all their money was going to medical bills but family thankfully helped us."

"And on top of this, his lifesaving chemotherapy drug is currently around $8,000 for the generic. We're just lucky our insurance actually covers it so he only has to pay a few hundred for it."

At least one user put forward a counter-argument though.

"One thing to bear in mind here," lpb1970 commented.

"There is no such thing as "free" healthcare. It may be free at point of service but if these folks from countries with universal health care told you what they pay in taxes you might not like it as much."

Newsweek has reached out to Millar for further comment.