Many families will continue to end up in the NICU needing care for an infant born. None of them deserve to experience both the trauma of that NICU hospitalization and the emotional distress of figuring out how to navigate health insurance coverage for their sick baby.
Author: Kristi Roybal
Kristi Roybal, MSW, MA is a PhD candidate at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar. She is a mother to two young sons and passionate about health equity for mothers and their children.