(Source: Sherrod Brown) Wednesday, October 28, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of the Health Insurance Marketplace’s open enrollment period starting next week, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) will introduce legislation that would increase access to prenatal and maternity care. Brown’s bill, the Healthy Maternity and Obstetric Medicine Act (Healthy MOM Act) would create a special enrollment period (SEP) so pregnant individuals can enroll in or change their healthcare plans once they become pregnant. “Women don’t time their pregnancies around arbitrary insurance open-enrollment periods,” Brown said. “These deadlines should not keep Ohio mothers-to-be from getting the care they need. That’s...
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