Obamacare and Your Baby

Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act is a very long very in depth system of health care that many, including myself, know little about. The goal of the program is to give more people access to better health insurance with more coverage. Many people are denied health insurance now due to the fact that they have a preexisting condition. Obama wants to stress that this program regulates health insurance, not health care. This means that you can keep your same doctor and get the same services, only more will be covered by insurance and less people will be denied.

For those who are or plan to be pregnant, there are many things that may be changing, some of which have already gone into place. Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) gives more women access to guaranteed preventive women's health services. Many of those services used to only be offered by co-pay or deductibles that a lot of women could not afford.

Services that are very important and that will be covered completely are:

• Testing for gestational diabetes
• Breast-feeding support and supplies
• HPV Testing
• Almost all cervical cancers are caused by HPV
•  Many other services that will be covered can be found here.

 

 The really great parts about all of the changes to health insurance that I found were:

• If you have had a Cesarean section, you will not be denied for a preexisting condition
• Preventive care is a focus and this is important because, it is better to prevent a problem, than to treat one
• Women no longer need a referral to see their OB-GYN, they get to choose their primary doctor from their plan's list of participating providers

So with these provisions that we just learned about, the goal is to provide the best care available, with more services being available, to give your unborn child the best chance at a healthy life. If you are healthy, it is likely your baby will be healthy. So take precautions like these that will be more affordable to give your child the best chance at a healthy life.  

Sources:
Obamacare Facts