Check out this excerpt from a
great article about what's at stake for women if health reform is overturned
(from the Center for American Progress)
"Thanks
to Obamacare, more than 45 million women have already taken advantage of
recommended preventive services, including mammograms, pap smears, prenatal
care, well-baby care, and well-child care with no cost sharing such as co-pays
and deductibles. Starting this August, millions more will be able to obtain contraception,
annual well-woman care (a visit with a gynecologist), screening for gestational
diabetes, breastfeeding counseling and supplies, and screening for sexually
transmitted infections, including HIV and the Human papillomavirus—again at no
extra cost.
In addition, women will no longer encounter discrimination in the health insurance market in the form of lost maternity coverage, higher premiums due to their gender, and denials of coverage for gender-related pre-existing conditions. Indeed, close to 9 million women will gain coverage for maternity care in the individual market starting in 2014. And provisions in the new health law that protect everyone will especially benefit women, who utilize the health care system the most.
In short, Obamacare will increase
health insurance coverage for women, lower their health care costs, and end the
worst insurance industry abuses against them."
Read the whole report here: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/05/women_obamacare.html
