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Supreme Court to Hear ACA Challenge
The Supreme Court will hear a constitutional claim against the Affordable Care Act in 2012. Arguments will primarily focus on the law’s individual mandate requirement and accompanying penalties for noncompliance, but will also address the planned Medicaid expansion. The court … Continue reading
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Keep Family PLanning Accessible to All Women
Rather than only some. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-schriock/straight-talk-keep-family_b_1099381.html
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Protect the Healthcare Rights of Women in the 99%? How?
How can you protect healthcare and expand basic coverage for millions of women? Well, first off, if you live in the US you’re not in the 99%. Comparatively maybe you’re in the 99% within the US, but simply living here … Continue reading
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Does Pelosi Get it Right?
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., issued the following news release pertaining to what she calls a “radical assault on women’s health”. Below are the Leader’s remarks.
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Affordable Care Act Protecting Women
Having a baby? Perhaps by C-section? Have 10K sitting around for the hospital bill? Whether you do or don’t, the answer to whether you’d like to pay the 10k yourself is probably, ‘no’. The Affordable Care Act, which became law … Continue reading
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Living at Home Till 26
A somewhat unknown provision in the Obama health care plan is the provision that allows young people to stay on their parents’ health care plan until the age of 26. With a growing number of young adults spending their early … Continue reading
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FDA Guide For birth-control method or devices
the FDA guide at http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/FreePublications/UCM207070.pdf includes information about how to use it, how to get it, the possibility of getting pregnant while using it, potential risks and whether it protects the user from sexually transmitted infections.
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What Happens to Health Care Reforms Has Massive Impact
Affordable health care act changes will unequivocally affect more women in the USA. However, the majority of decision makers are men. Women are the greatest utilizers of the health care system, as a 2010 report from the Commonwealth Fund tells … Continue reading
Birth Control Included in Future Health Care Insurance plans?
A proposal to include birth control in most health insurance plans is catching the country by storm, or rather, most conservative groups by storm, in a hotly contested debate on the subject. The Washington Post ran the story here. THe … Continue reading
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Indiana Follows in Controversial Bill
Mitch Daniels will sign on to a bill that will reduce the federal funding of Planned Parenthood in the state by about 66%. The loss of funding won’t cripple Planned Parenthood, however, it is inevitable that healthy care for the … Continue reading
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