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Many insurance do not cover midwife care in their policies.Midwife access is also limited in hospitals and many states limit the access and privileges of midwives. With healthcare costs on the rise, many families are looking at midwifery which is a far less expensive option than that of an OB. In other countries midwives do a majority of the births and maternity care which results in a fraction of the US costs.

The article points out reasons why midwives and ob doctors should work together. It also points out some of the reasons why there has been some issues in the past. Financial competition being a major reason and a lack of support from physicians in hospital settings has hurt the relationship of midwives and obs.

This article covers many of the advantages of choosing a midwife for prenatal care. Midwives are shown to give more support to patients which then leads to a healthy patient/doctor relationship. This leads to fewer hospitalization admissions and increased education for the woman.