The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the health care law (Affordable Care Act) will keep in place important benefits to women:
- Women will no longer be charged more than men for the same health coverage by insurance companies because women use more health services (preexisting conditions??)
- Preventive health services like mammograms, birth control, and well women visits will be covered without a co-pay or deductible.
- Women will no longer be denied health coverage for having survived domestic violence or rape, or having had a Caesarean section.
- Maternity care will be included in all health care plans.
- Low income and underserved women will gain financial access to coverage, whether through the Medicaid program or help with insurance premiums.
While the opponents to ACA will turn this into a political battle, the Supreme Court has added credence to the need to create a health care system that benefits all people. Hopefully, our country's leadership will spend more time on improving this Act rather than spending energy tearing it apart and pandering political rhetoric.
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