Bill Would Require Health Policies To Cover Maternity
A significant increase in individual health insurance policies that specifically exclude maternity benefits has prompted Assembly member Hector De La Torre (D-South Gate) to introduce a bill that would require all health insurance policies regulated by the California Department of Insurance to include maternity benefits. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has vetoed two similar measures.
- "Few Individual Health Policies Cover Maternity" (Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle, 3/24).