Pregnant and No Insurance - Irving,TX

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G.

Apply for medicaid! You said you were on it before, and since you're pregnant, you should be able to get it again. I don't know if midwives accept medicaid or not, though, I doubt it. It never hurts to try!!

My husband and I are starting to ttc process and we are having similar issues. Pregnancy is not a pre-existing in the state of Texas. My doctor has a cash price for patients and I called Presby Plano and their cash price is 5800 for a c-section (I have to have one, due to my last delivery). But the woman told me cash customers get a standard 30% off if paying cash to them. Hope this helps.

Hi J.,
I was in a very similar position as you are, no insurance, pregnant but the household income was too much to get medicaid. You may see if you are able to add to your husbands insurance, however they may call it a pre-existing condition. Another route which is what we did was get individual insurance with me, this would cover if I had to go to a hospital during pregnancy or delivery. There isn't maternity coverage, but if there is an emergency then they will cover. You can get maternity on an individual policy but it is really expensive and since you are already pregnant they may again call it pre-existing. Anyway, we got the individual policy, and paid the midwife cash. I don't know if you are wanting to use the same midwife that you did with the others, but if you talk to her she may lower her rate a little or set up a payment plan for you. Also, midwives charge different fees, you may interview muliple midwives. There was $1000 difference between mine and my sisters. Good luck to you!!

Try chips. They have a pregnancy insurance throught the state. Checkout the website.