Pregnancy as a pre-existing condition. Makes me want to be President of the Right To Life and turn them loose on insurance companies like killer bees.  The very idea that a child in a mother's womb is an uninsurable condition!!!!!  Just makes me ILL!!!!

Hmmmmmmmmm  I don't know why they would not insure an unborn baby - moms now get to collect disability for being pregnant.  Maybe since the state considers pregnancy a "disability" the lady could get medi-cal.  Worth a shot eh.

Witter.. Medi-cal is here locally, not in PA where the Congressman is from..

OK. didn't know that. So, there is not a government medical program anywhere in PA? What about the clinics? When I was down and out and poor and had no insurance I was able to take my baby to the well baby clinic for all her check ups and shots, it was free.  Clinics see pregnant ladies also for little or no cost.

Something is fishy here!  We don't have the whole story.  Did this woman have health coverage with her job?  If so, she can continue that coverage under COBRA.  If not, she can be covered under the Pennsylvania Medical Assistance program operated in conjunction with the Medicaid program. Otherwise, there are many free clinics throughout Pennsylvania.

midterm.. do you know how much Cobra actually costs the recipients?

Cobra is very expensive!!!! and you can only have it for a few months!  She would be better off paying cash to a doctor/hospital/clinic.

When I retired I thought I would keep my life insurance but downgrade it from $50,000 to $10,000............even that was very cost prohibitive so I said no thanks.  What my husband and I have done, is go thru Greenlawn and got a funeral program we could pay monthly for and now we are both paid for!!  It was cheaper (per month) to get the insurance on our mortgage and auto loan.If/when either of us die and the items are not yet paid off, they will be at that point in time.

My ex landlord had Cobra and he paid in the neighborhood of $500 per month for just himself.