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(WASHINGTON) President Donald Trump's pick to lead the government's major health insurance programs says maternity coverage should be optional for patients.
Indiana health care consultant Seema Verma tells the Senate Finance Committee that patients not the government should determine the insurance benefits they need.
Verma was facing questions from Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow about the Obama-era health law. That law made maternity and newborn coverage a mandatory benefit for all health insurance plans.
Verma tells Stabenow that some women want maternity coverage and "some women might not choose that."
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get the red out
(13,468 posts)I would bet she would like to see women pay out the a$$ for maternity coverage "if they want it" too!
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)It should be expected of a Republican nominee.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)out of the office because she didn't take mandatory maternity leave.
riversedge
(70,310 posts)Pre-ACA.
And we will be back to junk insurance. And harder to get insurance if pre-existing health problems.
elleng
(131,140 posts)because we individuals have so much influence on these big businesses!
scscholar
(2,902 posts)The government needs to step in and protect them.