maternity health insurance Archives

Health insurance of parents may not cover their children who are pregnant

August 9, 2012August 8, 2012 H. Cutner

There are exceptions to the healthcare reforms that allow children to remain covered until they turn 26. The overhaul to the healthcare laws have been designed to widen the number of young adults who have health insurance by allowing them to stay on their parents’ plans until they turn 26 years old. However, there is no guarantee that pregnancy will be covered. Though it is in no way uncommon for young women aged 26 or younger to become pregnant, there are some health insurance plans that will not provide this…

Analysts: Enrollment in states’ pre-existing conditions insurance plans incredibly low

July 25, 2011 S.Vagus

The health care reform law of 2010 is well known for a number of provisions that have succumb to a seemingly endless tide of controversy. These provisions generally garner the majority of public attention, but it is one provision that has been in effect for over a year now that may point to some fundamental flaws in the federal law. The provision in question is one that originally drew in public acclaim, but has since faded into obscurity. According to the law, each state must have a Pre-Existing Condition Insurance…