Women's Groups Ask HHS To Create Special Enrollment Period For Pregnancy

Women's health and other advocates are asking HHS to add pregnancy to the list of major life events that qualify consumers for a special enrollment period in the federal health insurance marketplace, while pushing states with their own exchanges to do the same. The advocates say that they are puzzled as to why HHS has so far refused to respond to repeated requests on the issue. HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell told reporters Wednesday (Feb. 18) that the department bases its...