Consumers, Patient Advocates & Lawmakers Call For Pregnancy SEP

A push by patient advocates to drum up support for access to year-round maternity coverage earned more than 50,000 signatures on a petition asking HHS to immediately list pregnancy as a special enrollment period trigger in the federal health insurance marketplace. Advocates and Democratic lawmakers are also pressuring the nation's state-based exchanges to take action. Young Invincibles, Daily Kos, RH Reality Check and UltraViolet sponsored the petition that was submitted March 12, and the advocacy groups joined Families USA, Moms...