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karmaqueen

(714 posts) Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:16 PM Nov 2014

Can anyone help me with a question about the ACA?

i just had a friend call and she was frantic because her daughter was sick. The daughter is pregnant with her third child and had the first two by c section. Her daughter was told they had to wait an extra two weeks past went the last two babies were delivered thanks to Obama care.. I dd not know what to say.. I usually can come back with an answer but was not sure about this. Everything gets blamed on the ACA.. We live n NC by the way.. Does anyone know if there is a strict rule on when someone can have the C section?

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Can anyone help me with a question about the ACA? (Original Post) karmaqueen Nov 2014 OP

The answer for your friend is, stop being a typical republican asshole and lying about the ACA. tridim Nov 2014 #1

There is no federal rule but the ins cos are setting plenty of their own. Yo_Mama Nov 2014 #2

Who exactly told her that? B2G Nov 2014 #3

Yep. Wait Wut Nov 2014 #5

Huh? She probably has to wait because... JaneyVee Nov 2014 #4

Vaginal birth after C-section is riskier. nt B2G Nov 2014 #7

What I mean is, perhaps the fetus isn't full term... JaneyVee Nov 2014 #8

Thank you.. i karmaqueen Nov 2014 #6

tridim

(45,358 posts)

1. The answer for your friend is, stop being a typical republican asshole and lying about the ACA.

Reply to karmaqueen (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:18 PM

Nov 2014

Obviously this isn't true, not even remotely.

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)

2. There is no federal rule but the ins cos are setting plenty of their own.

Reply to karmaqueen (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:21 PM

Nov 2014

Tell her to tell the daughter to try and appeal. If the doctor wants to go for C-section now, it's a risk to the baby and mother to wait.

They can look up the NC insurance commissioner and threaten to call them. That should get action. These people are thugs and I have had to get very, very nasty with the insurance thugs to get action this year.

The situation you describe sounds dangerous.

I found the NC Ins. Comm. hotline:
http://www.ncdoi.com/Smart/

The phone number, toll free, is 855-408-1212. They say they will help file appeals.

B2G

(9,766 posts)

3. Who exactly told her that?

Reply to karmaqueen (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:22 PM

Nov 2014

Sounds like BS to me.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)

5. Yep.

Reply to B2G (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:25 PM

Nov 2014

Whomever told her should be fired.

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

4. Huh? She probably has to wait because...

Reply to karmaqueen (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:23 PM

Nov 2014

After 2 c sections having another is trickier and more risky, doctors are probably waiting for vaginal birth.

B2G

(9,766 posts)

7. Vaginal birth after C-section is riskier. nt

Reply to JaneyVee (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:36 PM

Nov 2014

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

8. What I mean is, perhaps the fetus isn't full term...

Reply to B2G (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:52 PM

Nov 2014

Doctors don't like doing c sections unless it is necessary, especially after having 2 previous. A 3rd is harder because of scar tissue and higher risk of complications.

karmaqueen

(714 posts)

6. Thank you.. i

Reply to karmaqueen (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 12:27 PM

Nov 2014

i am going to call her... I figured there was more to the story.. I will post more when I get out of my Dr. office.. Thanks Again..

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