natural childbirth - Midwife

This is the first in a series of interviews with health professionals regarding natural birth options. We previously outlined a number of childbirth choices that included midwives, birthing centers, water births, home births, and hospital midwife births. San Diego women have many choices when it comes to alternative birth options. A simple Google local search for a midwife shows over 50 local businesses that provide midwife care. In this interview with Jamin Sylvada of San Diego Midwife we discuss what a midwife does, how to select a midwife, is using a midwife right for you, how they work with health insurance companies, and what theRead More →

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This information is outdated now. SEE THE NEW Obamacare MATERNITY INFORMATION HERE. It’s the beginning of the New Year, 2013, and many changes are going to happen this year. The first of the changes involves the maternity plans in California. When getting maternity insurance, California mothers want to be able to minimize the costs of the pregnancy and the delivery. But mothers also want to be able to see the doctor they are comfortable with. So most mothers-to-be will select a PPO plan before they get pregnant. At SPF Insurance, we specialize in maternity coverage, so we spend a great deal of time analyzing allRead More →

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Tweet New Series Of Six Articles Discussing California Baby Health Insurance Today SPF Insurance is introducing the first of six new pages and posts dealing with baby health insurance, and child health insurance. The first is a new page titled “How To Get Health Insurance For My New Baby?“. This page provides new mothers and fathers with the information they need to be able to transition their newborn from being covered on the mother’s plan to having it’s own plan. We cover the various options that are available, and the time frames in which decisions have to be made. The purpose of the page isRead More →

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Tweet We’ve just published a new page on the website that covers all the information you want to know about Health Savings Account (HSA) health insurance plans. We cover what they are, how they work, who they’re good for, what their pros and cons are, and we analyze all the California HSA plans to determine which plans are the best for you. When HSA’s were introduced in 2004, they were really popular because they were the lowest cost health insurance plan available. Over time, the costs of HSA’s has changed, and they aren’t usually the lowest cost anymore. However, for people in some situations theyRead More →

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After a lot of analysis and data crunching, we’ve finally gotten all the new California maternity plans analyzed. The state of California mandated that all health insurance plans offered in the state after July 1st, 2012 had to provide coverage for maternity care. As a result, every insurance company adjusted their plans and their pricing to include this benefit. The result of this analysis is a ranking of the best maternity insurance in California. Prior to July 1st, there were only 27 plans that provided benefits for pregnancy costs. Now there are up to 120 plans to choose from (depending upon which county you liveRead More →

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In the search to find good maternity insurance California mothers have found fewer options to choose from over the last few years. However, new mandates in 2012 will require that all health insurance plans in California provide maternity health coverage. Both the Individual/Family plans as well as the Group plans will be affected by these new rules, which take effect on July 1st, 2012. Senate Bill SB222 by state Senator Noreen Evans, and Assembly Bill AB210 by Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, were both signed by Governor Jerry Brown on Oct 6th. These two bills require that every health insurance plan offered in California must provide maternityRead More →

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Between 2007 and 2009 the number of uninsured women increased by 12.8%, and the March of Dimes PeriStats database shows that 22.3% of women in their child bearing years are uninsured. So it’s not uncommon to be pregnant without health insurance in the US, and the situation has been getting worse each year. For women who are pregnant, no insurance means they have to bear the full cost of prenatal care and delivery, which can total $12,000 to $20,000 depending upon where you live and the type of delivery you have. These costs make getting health insurance for pregnant women a priority. No matter whatRead More →

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Insurance For Pregnant Women

SPF Insurance is proud to announce a new resource page targeting the needs of women in California who are pregnant without insurance. This new page, “Health Insurance For Pregnant Women,” provides information on 7 ways that women who are pregnant without health insurance can find coverage to help protect themselves and their babies. The number of uninsured pregnant women in California has continued to climb, so it’s important that solutions be created to ensure that the health of these women, and their babies, is strong and that these newest state residents start off on the right foot — happy, fit, and ready to grow andRead More →

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We just added new information on the California Maternity Health Insurance page that will answer all your questions about how much your costs will be during the prenatal care and baby birthing process! One of the common questions we get from couples planning to have a baby is, “What will our costs be if we use Pregnancy Health Insurance plan ABC?” This new article, Analysis of Best California Maternity Health Insurance Plans covers the detailed cost break down of the five recommended maternity health insurance plans. One of the key parts of the analysis is showing the tradeoffs between paying more for the prenatal andRead More →

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After a lot of work, We’ve compiled all the California Maternity Health Insurance information into one page on the website. This way it will be easier to find the information you’re looking for and simplify applying for maternity coverage. While we were compiling the information and adding new content, we realized that there was more information that’s needed to really provide a complete picture for maternity medical insurance, so we’ve put in little notices about the upcoming content to check back for. If you need something that was missed, please post a comment and we’ll respond (and thank you!). The new California Maternity Health InsuranceRead More →

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For everyone that’s looking for the perfect resource to help make San Diego Medical Insurance easy to understand and apply for, the wait is over. The San Diego Medical Insurance page is now live and ready. This page starts by having you answer 5 questions to determine what benefits you need in your medical insurance plan, then guides you through the medical insurance quote and helps you easily find and compare the insurance plans that match what you outlined in the first step, so you can make the best decision. Then it walks you through the process of applying online, and gives you tips onRead More →

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There are usually many questions people ask me when they are filling out their health insurance applications. So I’ve created a new article that gives you tips on what to do and what not to do, so that your application is truthful and complete, and presents your health history to the insurance company in a fashion that is most favorable to you. This should be recommended reading for everyone before they start an online medical insurance application. To see this article go to the Health Insurance Quote Information page and scroll down to the bottom. If you’d like, a shortcut the article can be foundRead More →

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An update to this post is now available, with more details and an additional option on the California Maternity Health Insurance page of the website. The short answer is probably not unless you qualify for one of two exceptions. These exceptions are, join a group health insurance plan at your work or your spouse’s company, or if you have a non-maternity plan check to see if your insurance company will allow you to transfer to a plan that covers maternity care (Blue Shield of CA will allow a transfer to a maternity plan). If the above options don’t help you, do you have other choices?Read More →

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Health Insurance Recommendation Table Updated! See the updated recommendation table with new information as of July 2012. This table will be updated whenever there are changes to pricing or benefit levels. The recommendations are based upon the characteristics of the 6 Consumer Classifications described below. These 6 classifications are further broken into 3 age groups: 30, 45, and 60. The ages were chosen to show the pricing differences in plans due to age. In many cases, plans that are recommended for younger ages, might not show up for other ages because the price has gone up too much. Use the recommendations from the table asRead More →

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This information is outdated now. SEE THE NEW Obamacare MATERNITY INFORMATION HERE. Congratulations on your decision to start a family! There are a few planning steps you’ll want to make sure you complete before you become pregnant. The first step is making sure that your finances can support the addition of a new baby. The second step is to make sure you are ready for the hardship and joy of bringing a new baby into the world. The last step is to make sure that you have maternity coverage in your health insurance plan that will help manage or reduce the financial costs of pregnancyRead More →

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