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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI guys, it is a complete and utter myth that insurance won't cover going "AMA".  They won't cover medically unnecessary care; but, for example, what are you even talking about that you "had" to show up for an induction at 40 weeks?  What is there to not cover at that point?  Are you claiming that they would not have covered your birth when you showed up in labor at 41 weeks?  Bullshit, and you know it.  Logic, guys.  
Same goes for checking yourself out of a hospital "AMA" 24 hours after a c-section.  I wouldn't do it, but your shortened hospital stay doesn't become medically unnecessary because you left early.  [/quote]
Uh, it's not a myth. Your insurance company can deny coverage for services related to birth if you go against medical advice. It's coercive and hopefully rare, but it does happen.[/quote]

Can you point to one specific documented example where a woman was denied insurance coverage for declining induction and waiting to go into labor? Because what there's ACTUALLY evidence for is the reverse:  insurance companies penalizing hospitals for ALLOWING induction -- the so called 39 week rule.  The fact is, the women who have a hard time accessing the pregnancy care they want are the women who want planned c sections or inductions.  NOT the women who are declining "interventions."

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