This post originally appeared on Enroll America’s blog. By Christina Postolowski This week, The New Yorker profiled what has increasingly become a high-profile campaign to make maternity coverage accessible to pregnant women year-round. February 15 marked the close of open enrollment and the...
This post originally appeared on Families USA’s blog. By Cathy Kaufmann, Families USA, Enrollment Program Director More than 30 consumer groups, 37 senators and 50 House members agree: Pregnant women should be allowed to enroll in health coverage when they...
54 U.S. Representatives, More Than 50,000 People and 32 Advocacy Groups Call on HHS to Create a Special Enrollment Period for Pregnancy [WASHINGTON] — More than 50,000 people and 32 state and national health advocates called on the US Department...
By Jessica Adair On Tuesday, 37 senators called for women who become pregnant to be able to enroll in maternity coverage year-round. Currently, women who are uninsured or have a health plan that does not offer maternity coverage (yes, they still exist)...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2015 Contacts: Sarah Lovenheim, sarah.lovenheim@younginvincibles.org Colin Seeberger, colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org On the heels of more than three dozen U.S. senators sending a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services to urge a special enrollment period for pregnant women who lack maternity...
By Sarah Lovenheim Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said that she “is happy to consider” our request to classify pregnancy as a qualifying event for women without maternity coverage to get covered outside of Open Enrollment. This...