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Pregnancy questions included in many wellness program questionnaires hit a nerve, and advocates are asking the Obama administration to ban these types of queries as part of a pending Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rule.
Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader about whether the health law requires employer-sponsored insurance to cover maternity benefits for an employee's dependents.
The National Women's Law Center files complaints with HHS alleging that five institutions discriminate against women by excluding pregnancy coverage from the health insurance benefits that they provide to employees' daughters.
Although group health plans must cover workers or their spouses if they become pregnant, they don't have to extend that insurance to children.
Losing employment and group coverage during a pregnancy narrows consumers' health insurance options.
KHN's "Insuring Your Health" columnist Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader about whether or not insurers are required to cover maternity care on the individual market.
Families buying insurance on their own often find that the plans do not cover any of the usual expenses associated with having a baby.
The new overhaul law says health plans should provide certain preventive services at no cost to patients. Women's advocates say that free contraceptives would reduce unwanted pregnancies, but opponents say birth control doesn't belong on the list of services, which is being developed by federal officials.
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