Asylum seeker billed £10,000 for NHS maternity care ‘could only afford penny a month’

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Asylum seeker billed £10,000 for NHS maternity care ‘could only afford penny a month’

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A destitute asylum seeker who was billed more than £10,000 for having a baby could afford to pay just a penny a month, leading to calls for an urgent review of NHS maternity charging for migrants.

Kim, 34, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, was invoiced and then contacted by a debt collection agency after having an emergency caesarean section.

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