in kentucky, midwifery is not recognized legally anymore. in fact, i believe it's illegal but nobody enforces it. you can't get any insurance help at all.
Score one for Kentucky, I guess! Personally, I think that most of the things that OB's do to mothers and babies is down right criminal and should be illegal! But that's another rant entirely.
Here in WA, and from what I've read most other places as well, it's primarily Nurse Midwives that are covered by insurance. The delivery is in a hospital or other "approved" facility, and the Nurse Midwife still pretty much does as she's told by the OB (who is supposed to be present at the birth and ready to jump in at any moment, from my understanding)- so even then you're not really under midwifery care but still under the policies of the hospital. They still can just whisk your baby away and do every other horrible thing that they do routinely. Gah!
Anyhoot... our midwife and her birthing facility were covered just as any other provider would have been through our former insurance (Premera Blue Cross). The new insurance being Regence Blue Shield- who I don't like- is one we've had before. We had them last year and then Stephen's former employer changed its mind again and switched over to Premera, which was nice. I had to find all new providers under Regence, all save my primary care doctor. They didn't cover anyone then either. But then again, it was that big of a deal and I was able to go back to them when we went back to Premera. My prescriptions also cost a hell of a lost more through Regence.
I'm thinking the finger is largely in order with regards to Regence.
This is also the company that told me they only cover "surgical sterilization" when I called to find out what treatments they'll cover for Endometriosis. The girl said it like it was no big deal. Problem with your uterus? Oh even though there are treatments for it, they don't pay for those. They only pay to have it REMOVED.
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Date: 2007-08-16 06:25 pm (UTC)Score one for Kentucky, I guess! Personally, I think that most of the things that OB's do to mothers and babies is down right criminal and should be illegal! But that's another rant entirely.
Here in WA, and from what I've read most other places as well, it's primarily Nurse Midwives that are covered by insurance. The delivery is in a hospital or other "approved" facility, and the Nurse Midwife still pretty much does as she's told by the OB (who is supposed to be present at the birth and ready to jump in at any moment, from my understanding)- so even then you're not really under midwifery care but still under the policies of the hospital. They still can just whisk your baby away and do every other horrible thing that they do routinely. Gah!
Anyhoot... our midwife and her birthing facility were covered just as any other provider would have been through our former insurance (Premera Blue Cross). The new insurance being Regence Blue Shield- who I don't like- is one we've had before. We had them last year and then Stephen's former employer changed its mind again and switched over to Premera, which was nice. I had to find all new providers under Regence, all save my primary care doctor. They didn't cover anyone then either. But then again, it was that big of a deal and I was able to go back to them when we went back to Premera. My prescriptions also cost a hell of a lost more through Regence.
I'm thinking the finger is largely in order with regards to Regence.
This is also the company that told me they only cover "surgical sterilization" when I called to find out what treatments they'll cover for Endometriosis. The girl said it like it was no big deal.
Problem with your uterus? Oh even though there are treatments for it, they don't pay for those. They only pay to have it REMOVED.
How is that care?
Sorry, apparently these things make me uppity.