In a near-future world where healthcare comes in a prepaid package, Cara Coleman carefully arranges her birth plan alongside her husband and their care provider. Their mid-tier option with Parenthix Optimum Solutions does not grant them VIP status, leaving Cara’s concerns about her high-risk pregnancy unaddressed. When a complication arises triggering emergency care, Cara and her husband realize that every moment of care carries a cost. As her balance drains in real time, every decision narrows Cara’s options, transforming childbirth into a terrifying countdown where survival is contingent on what she can afford. Billable Bodies exposes the consequences of a system whose mechanisms determine who receives care — and who is left without it.


