Are we covered?
	n Let’s look at childbirth; in 1989 the total average cost for delivery was $4,334 and for cesarean sections $7,186. Physicians fees alone were $1,639 F These costs may not seem high to women with private insurance that pay their costs F 17% of women do not have health insurance F 330,000 have private insurance does not include maternity coverage n Government then handles the bill; the Medicaid program spent $1.2 billion for maternity care in 1985