Louis Brandeis. Louis Dembitz Brandeis (/ËbrÃ¦ndaÉªs/; November 13, 1856 â October 5, 1941) was an American lawyer and associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Jewish immigrant parents from Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic), who raised him in a secular home.
Note on Maternity Coverage. Pregnancy is generally considered to be a preexisting condition. Before Obamacare, if you were pregnant when you joined an insurance plan that excluded coverage for preexisting conditions including pregnancy, you would not be covered for maternity costs.
Beginning in 2014, new individual health insurance plans and employer-sponsored plans cannot refuse you coverage or charge you higher premiums for being pregnant or having other pre-existing conditions. If you're pregnant and uninsured, here are some options.