Senate Republicans Unveil Dangerous Health Care Bill Which Robs Millions of Health Care, Withholds Abortion Coverage for Virtually All Women in the United States
In addition to gutting women's access to basic health care services like birth control and cancer screenings at
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"It is an outrage that a bill, which will affect access to health care for millions of people, was written in secret with no women Senators and will not have a single public hearing.
"This bill hits women, low income families and people of color the hardest, including their access to essential reproductive health care. We are counting on the majority of Senators to do everything in their power to block this bill."
Specifically, the bill singles out coverage for abortion care in the private market by prohibiting tax credits from being used to help purchase insurance in the individual market, thus disincentivizing private insurance companies from offering plans that cover abortion care, including those who offer employer-sponsored plans. It will also prevent small businesses from buying insurance plans for their employees that cover abortion care and limit states' ability to provide comprehensive plans to residents - effectively banning private insurance from offering plans with abortion coverage. Coupled with current restrictions--including the discriminatory Hyde Amendment, which prohibits women who use Medicaid from using their health insurance to access safe and legal abortion care except in extremely limited circumstances--this measure would create a system where virtually all women - whether they are uninsured, insured through Medicaid or another federal program, insured through the individual market, or even insured by an employer - in
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, stands as one of the most important legislative advancements for women's health in decades. Under the ACA, over 55 million women have gained guaranteed coverage of preventive services without co-pays, including birth control. In 2016, 6.8 million women and girls enrolled in marketplace health plans, many of them using tax credits and subsidies to make the comprehensive coverage affordable.
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