Everybody is getting in on the texting wave. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday that it will partner with Text4Baby, a free national health texting service, to promote enrollment in both Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. The service will provide free text messages on health care issues to pregnant women and new mothers. The announcement is part of a series of activities marking the anniversaries of both the signing of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 and the launch of Text4Baby, a partnership that includes the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition, Voxiva, and a number of wireless service providers.
"As a mother, I know how important health coverage and health information is for pregnant women and new moms," said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. "Through CHIPRA, the health care law and this partnership, we are helping more and more women across the country have the insurance and information they need to have healthy babies and keep them healthy as they grow up."
