Due to the passage of health care reform, Women Have Better Access to Birth Options:

From the MAMA campaigns blog: "The following are now law:

• MAMA Campaign’s “partial victory”: Senator Cantwell’s provision that will have the effect of requiring Medicaid reimbursement for licensed CPMs offering services in licensed birth centers
• American Association of Birth Center’s provision that mandates Medicaid reimbursement of the birth center facility fee
• Childbirth Connection’s provision requiring quality assessment and improvement measures specific to maternity care
• American College of Nurse Midwives’ equitable reimbursement act for Certified Nurse Midwives
• And: giving birth, having a cesarean section, or being the victim of domestic abuse will no longer be considered pre-existing conditions and used to deny insurance coverage to women!"

See MAMA's website and click on their blog the grapevine for details.