Congenital heart disease, or a congenital heart defect, is a heart abnormality present at birth. There are numerous types of congenital heart defects. They can range from simple conditions that donât cause symptoms to complex problems that cause severe, life-threatening symptoms.
As of 2013, an EDL has been available to U.S. citizens resident in the states of Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont, and Washington, and to Canadian citizens resident in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec.
Notable Outliers. 1  Maryland hospitals charged the least for all methods of birth. 2  The only two states to see decreases in charges for cesarean births from 2009 to 2010 were Wyoming and New Mexico. 3  Other states with consistently low charges were West Virginia, Utah, and Vermont.