‘maternity’ Archives
Maternity, Be Careful What You Wish For . . .
Maternity benefits. The folks at Consumer Reports open their mail bag . . . I'm pregnant. Can my health plan refuse maternity coverage? Q. I thought I had completed my family, and was confident of never getting pregnant again because I had an IUD. So we bought an individual family plan from Blue Shield of California that [...]
Maternity Insurance at Costco?
Maternity insurance at Costco? You can buy a 5 pound bag of potato chips, 30 rolls of toilet paper and now in some states you can also buy health insurance. But can you get it with maternity insurance? Business Insider offers this information about their health insurance, including maternity insurance. In partnership [...]
Preggers, No Insurance
What if you are pregnant and do not have health insurance? The responsible adult action is to "man up" and pay the bills. But why do that when you can get someone else to pay? A man called looking for health insurance in Georgia. Wife is pregnant. They have not had insurance in "at least 3 years, maybe longer". Rejected by [...]
Obstetricians Get the Bronx Cheer
According to the WSJ online, obstetricians in New York will not be able to renew medical malpractice policies issued by Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company. The hospital delivers about 2,700 babies a year. Many of the patients are teenagers or have diabetes, high blood pressure or other medical problems. The letter cited a [...]
Maternity Coverage in Georgia
Looking to buy maternity coverage in Georgia? Your options are limited if you want someone else to pay for your care. Blue Cross of Georgia is the only health insurance company offering maternity "insurance" at this time. Obamacare wiped out all the other options. If you want Blue Cross to assist in paying for the cost of your [...]
Obamacare and Single Payer
For some reason, many think they want a single payer health care system. What they don't know is, Obamacare has already created that in some situations. I had a call today from a lady looking for health insurance with maternity coverage. I told her how her options were limited to one carrier. When she asked why, I said this was due to [...]
Obamacare – The Impact on Georgia
How has Obamacare impacted the citizens of Georgia? How many HEALTHY children can no longer obtain health insurance on their own? How many women cannot purchase maternity coverage? How have rates and choices been impacted already by the implementation of Obamacrap? As a result of Obamacrap, no child left behind has become all children left behind [...]
Georgia Health Insurance With Maternity Options
If you are looking for health insurance in Georgia to cover maternity you are out of luck. Currently (9/28/2010) there is only one health insurance company with a maternity option and that will be gone by the end of the year. Consider this a casualty of Obamacare since the few health insurance companies that did offer maternity benefits dropped [...]
