Health Insurance for Pregnant Women (Can You Get It?) – Forbes Advisor
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Doctors closely monitor women during pregnancy, which leads to most expecting mothers visiting their OB-GYN about 15 times over the course of a full-term pregnancy.
Health insurance covers most of these visits, as well as prenatal tests, ultrasounds, delivery, postpartum care and newborn care.
Pregnant women can’t be denied health insurance for being pregnant, under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). But a pregnancy doesn’t automatically require that insurers cover you. You still must be eligible to buy coverage, such