Caro,
I went private, and am located in Canada. It is certain that my doctor gets a cut from the lab that is doing all my tests because her office is built by the lab and each test she has her patients do by the lab, she gets a certain cut of it. Apparently, this doctor has had a bad reputation, but I didn't know until I started asking the nurses who worked with her in the hospital. Also, the result of my Nt scan was low risk, it was 1 in 5363. Ever since then, I changed OB and am satisfied with my current OB.
In Quebec, Canada, medicare covers all the pregnancy expenses (visits, ultrasounds scans, blood tests, and etc), but of course, it takes a bit longer for the results. In the first trimester, I have spent over $2500 canadian dollars which is A LOT of money. In my first trimester alone, my doctor ordered 3 ultrasounds (week 6, week 9, and week 12). From my understanding, all my friends only had one scan which was at week 12. Blood tests alone, I had 5 of them! I can go on and go... you can imagine, my whole first trimester, I was busy showing up at places to get tests done, visits... At last, I found a good doctor!





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