Giving birth became measurably riskier during the pandemic, as factors causing complications — from obesity and diabetes to mental health issues — rose 20% between 2020 and 2023, according to a FAIR Health analysis shared first with Axios.
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From 2020 to 2023, mental health disorders in pregnant women rose 52.9 percent and substance use disorders in pregnant women increased 8.2 percent. During that same period, potential complications of pregnancy and delivery rose 19.8 percent. These and other findings are reported in a recently released FAIR Health white paper: Giving Birth in the United States: A Study of Commercial Claims.
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Long-term care is medical and nonmedical care that you receive for an extended time, at home or in other settings. There are lots of reasons you might need long-term care. One is serious illness. Another is disability or frailty. Most commercial health insurance won’t cover long-term care. This article will tell you how to manage the costs of long-term care.
Now that fall is here, it’s a good time to think about health insurance. That’s because fall is open enrollment season—the time of year when you can sign up for a health plan or make changes to the plan you have.
When shopping for a health plan, you may see a plan described as an HMO, PPO, POS or EPO. Those abbreviations are important because the coverage, rules and typical costs differ for each type of plan.