Daily Archives: August 31, 2015

How Obamacare changed maternity coverage

Prior to 2014, women who purchased their own health insurance were often completely out of luck if they wanted to have coverage for maternity.  In 2013, the National Women’s Law Center reported that just 12 percent of individual market plans included maternity benefits.  And that was despite the fact that nine states required maternity benefits to be included on… Read More »

Maternity coverage: the new normal in the individual market

Maternity coverage was long overdue Prior to 2014, women who purchased their own health insurance were often completely out of luck if they wanted to have coverage for maternity.  In 2013, the National Women’s Law Center reported that just 12 percent of individual market plans included maternity benefits.  And that was despite the fact that nine states required maternity… Read More »