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karmaqueen

(714 posts)
Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:16 PM Nov 2014

Can anyone help me with a question about the ACA?

i just had a friend call and she was frantic because her daughter was sick. The daughter is pregnant with her third child and had the first two by c section. Her daughter was told they had to wait an extra two weeks past went the last two babies were delivered thanks to Obama care.. I dd not know what to say.. I usually can come back with an answer but was not sure about this. Everything gets blamed on the ACA.. We live n NC by the way.. Does anyone know if there is a strict rule on when someone can have the C section?

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Can anyone help me with a question about the ACA? (Original Post) karmaqueen Nov 2014 OP
The answer for your friend is, stop being a typical republican asshole and lying about the ACA. tridim Nov 2014 #1
There is no federal rule but the ins cos are setting plenty of their own. Yo_Mama Nov 2014 #2
Who exactly told her that? B2G Nov 2014 #3
Yep. Wait Wut Nov 2014 #5
Huh? She probably has to wait because... JaneyVee Nov 2014 #4
Vaginal birth after C-section is riskier. nt B2G Nov 2014 #7
What I mean is, perhaps the fetus isn't full term... JaneyVee Nov 2014 #8
Thank you.. i karmaqueen Nov 2014 #6

tridim

(45,358 posts)
1. The answer for your friend is, stop being a typical republican asshole and lying about the ACA.
Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:18 PM
Nov 2014

Obviously this isn't true, not even remotely.

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)
2. There is no federal rule but the ins cos are setting plenty of their own.
Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:21 PM
Nov 2014

Tell her to tell the daughter to try and appeal. If the doctor wants to go for C-section now, it's a risk to the baby and mother to wait.

They can look up the NC insurance commissioner and threaten to call them. That should get action. These people are thugs and I have had to get very, very nasty with the insurance thugs to get action this year.

The situation you describe sounds dangerous.

I found the NC Ins. Comm. hotline:
http://www.ncdoi.com/Smart/

The phone number, toll free, is 855-408-1212. They say they will help file appeals.

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
4. Huh? She probably has to wait because...
Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:23 PM
Nov 2014

After 2 c sections having another is trickier and more risky, doctors are probably waiting for vaginal birth.

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
8. What I mean is, perhaps the fetus isn't full term...
Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:52 PM
Nov 2014

Doctors don't like doing c sections unless it is necessary, especially after having 2 previous. A 3rd is harder because of scar tissue and higher risk of complications.

karmaqueen

(714 posts)
6. Thank you.. i
Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:27 PM
Nov 2014

i am going to call her... I figured there was more to the story.. I will post more when I get out of my Dr. office.. Thanks Again..

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