Moms On Medicaid Should Give Birth Without Drugs!!!

[kcangel63]

I was wondering from my other post (Should Medicaid Cover... Home Birth), but didn't want to thread jack my own post...



If people don't think Medicaid should cover "luxuries" during birth, do you feel that mother's giving birth in the hospital (being covered by Medicaid) should have to go drug free (no epidural, IV pain relief, etc...) or pay out of pocket for it (Medicaid NOT covering drugs for birth)?

By not covering it (in normal births - not emergency situations), the states would save a lot of money.




**EDIT**

I am only asking this because others say in the home birth post that women on Medicaid should not have a choice. If they shouldn't be allowed a choice for a birth at home (saving tons of money), why a choice for pain meds? I don't care either way. I've had both kinds of births. I think women should be allowed to get what ever care they want. However, others do not. THAT is where this post stems from.

I'm just playing devil's advocate.

[Anonymous]

I think it should be covered.

[Anonymous]

I think that would be cruel.  Birth is different for everyone and everyone has a certain pain tolerance.  How would they decide who gets pain meds and who doesn't?  I think all this would do is increase the number of csections performed.

[casanderson1]

If you want to wimp out and get drugs you should have to pay for them out of pocket....

[ILive4This]

Medicaid should only pay for necessities.   Pain relief is NOT a necessity.   If the woman WANTS it, she can have it of course, but she needs to pay out of pocket.

[Anonymous]

why are you asking all these PA questions? You're expecting child #8 while on PA arent you? smh

[HaloWithHorns78]

It should be covered. The more the mom is in stress the more the baby is.

[Anonymous]

It should be covered. Even if a woman WANTS a drug free birth, doesn't mean it will always happen. Sometimes the IV is necessary, sometimes an epidural is necessary. Just because a woman is on Medicaid doesn't mean she deserves any less medical treatment or rights to pain relief.

[ILive4This]

They wouldn't be denied pain relief, they would just have to pay for it.

Quoting Anonymous:

I think that would be cruel.  Birth is different for everyone and everyone has a certain pain tolerance.  How would they decide who gets pain meds and who doesn't?  I think all this would do is increase the number of csections performed.

[sketchmonster]

As much as I'm an advocate for drug free birthing, I believe it would be inhumane to not offer the option of an epidural. Can you imagine pitocin contractions with no option for even a little bit of demyrol? Ugh.

[kcangel63]

They would decide by who has an emergency need for it (such as cesarean).

If a woman gets a cesarean only to avoid labor pains, well, that is her choice. Hopefully she does her homework.

Quoting Anonymous:

I think that would be cruel.  Birth is different for everyone and everyone has a certain pain tolerance.  How would they decide who gets pain meds and who doesn't?  I think all this would do is increase the number of csections performed.