HealthCare Notes

1/5/14

Fact Check: The Affordable Care Act Does Cover Insurance For Babies

www.mediamatters.org/blog/2014/01/03/in-which-fox-suggests-the-affordable-care-act-w/197410
"In fact, having a child counts as a qualifying life event, that allows consumers enrolled in health insurance under the ACA to alter their coverage outside of the open enrollment period.
Fox has previously attacked provisions in the ACA designed to aid pregnant women and new mothers, claiming that a ban on discrimination against women in the health insurance market constitutes "sticking it to men" and denying the need for improved access to maternity coverage -- while ignoring the benefits of improved maternity care under the ACA."