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Both my wife and I work as employees. We are separately covered by the Employees Health Insurance. Which policy will cover my wife's childbirth benefit?

A married woman receives childbirth benefits as the insured person in the event both she and her husband work. She cannot receive benefits as a spouse simultaneously.

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