Epidural anesthesia is the most popular method of pain relief during labor. Women request an epidural by name more than any other method of pain relief. More than 50% of women giving birth at hospitals use epidural anesthesia.
The health-care overhaul provides a safety net for young adult children, who can now stay on their parentsâ health plans until they reach age 26. But it doesnât guarantee that their parentsâ plan will cover a common medical condition that many young women face: pregnancy. Group health plans with 15 or more workers are required to provide maternity benefits for employees and their spouses under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978.
1 While most plans include dependent coverage, it is not required. 2  Any eligible child can remain covered until age 26, even if the child is living away from home, is not a student or is working. 3  As long as the adult child is under age 26 and a child of the participant, the health plan must offer coverage. The only limited exception is that grandfathered plans can exclude coverage for adult children until 2014 if the adult children are eligible to enroll in an employer-sponsored plan other than the plan of either parent. 2  The law does not require plans to cover adult childrenâs spouses or children in a COBRA status.