The "study" is really a restatement of who will get covered when under Obamacare. It duly notes that certain preventive services will not require a copay or deductible and that all health plans will be required to cover pregnancy and maternal care.
The Commonwealth Fund report fails to consider the added cost of buying coverage for such services and ignores the fact that there out of pocket costs associated with maternal care under every health plan. It also fails to note that obtaining ob-gyn coverage under Medicaid is increasingly difficult. In fact, ob-gyn services are hard to find under any circumstances. Just wait till twice as many patients whose care will be reimbursed as one third private insurance rates flood the system.
The report conveys the impression that all these services will be free and widely available. And it does not account for any increase in insurance premiums or efforts to limits coverage of new services to control costs.
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