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Its a Big F**king Deal: Free Preventive Care for 47 Million Women Kicks in Today
By: Sarah Jones
August 1st, 2012
Today is the start of free preventive care for women courtesy of President Obama and the Democrats in Congress. It includes among other things free preventive care for moms and babies. Naturally, Republicans tried to block this portion of the Affordable Care Act from kicking in today because healthy women, moms and babies are not a conservative priority.
This portion of the Affordable Care Act, which grants preventive health care services without co-pays or additional out-of-pocket costs, impacts 47 million women. National Organization for Women President Terry ONeill said, No longer will women be compelled to forego or delay needed preventive care due to economic hard times.
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NOW notes:
Other preventive services include screening for gestational diabetes; domestic violence screening and counseling; breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling; HPV testing; screening for sexually transmitted infections and counseling for sexually-active women; and HIV screening and counseling. And beginning in 2014, women can no longer be charged more than men for the same health plans and can no longer be denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions.
The ACA also covers such pro-life preventive care as maternity and well-baby care. What do Republicans have against babies and pregnant women?
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http://www.politicususa.com/celebrates-todays-aca-milestone-womens-health.html
gademocrat7
(10,751 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)Political ads are so easy to write.
gateley
(62,683 posts)rfranklin
(13,200 posts)The term "free healthcare" is pejorative and inaccurate.
You would be paying insurance premiums without it too. The insurance crooks, whoe I mean insurance companies will continue to raise rates, even if the ACA was not put in place. This just give women the advantage of going to have these vital tests performed with needing to use out of pocket cash
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)It is a feature of the insurance coverage which everyone will be paying premiums for.
babylonsister
(171,217 posts)Igel
(35,553 posts)and there's no wear and tear on the equipment, somebody's paying somebody for something.
If only for the electricity.
Otherwise the taxpayers of New Jersey are springing for her care.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/nyregion/after-vetoing-portions-christie-signs-31-7-billion-budget.html
Zero sum game at this point. Her benefits means somebody elsewhere loses something. It might be a 1%er. It might be a teacher not getting chemicals for her chemistry class so she'll be on the vinegar and baking soda plan. Every lab will involve vinegar, baking soda or--the really exciting days--both.
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veganlush
(2,049 posts)I was about to post the same then I saw yours. opponents will jump on the "free" thing, and it's inaccurate. it's what we pay premiums for.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)could continue to NOT cover this.
Freddie
(9,333 posts)The Aug 1 date is misleading
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,260 posts)"I know in your mind, you can think of the times America was attacked," he said at a press conference on Capitol Hill. "One is Dec. 7, that's Pearl Harbor Day. The other is Sept. 11, and that's the day the terrorists attacked. I want you to remember Aug. 1, 2012, the attack on our religious freedom. That is a day that will live in infamy, along with those other dates."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/mike-kelly-birth-control-mandate_n_1729242.html
ailsagirl
(23,008 posts)Those SCUM, using the day we were attacked and 3000+ people were murdered to make their ludicrous point??? How low can they go?
SCUM-OF-THE-EARTH
Monk06
(7,675 posts)ailsagirl
(23,008 posts)and deeply despicable. They have no shame.
Freddie
(9,333 posts)leftstreet
(36,128 posts)What bullshit you're peddling with this link
babylonsister
(171,217 posts)leftstreet
(36,128 posts)for things like mammograms, etc.
There's no reason the Obama admin shouldn't be proud of these insurance regulations they won. But supporters do the admin a disservice by lipsticking this thing.
It's not free healthcare.
It's not single payer.
It's not even a public option.
Freddie
(9,333 posts)Or the GOP plan: "if you get sick, die quickly"
nradisic
(1,362 posts)We haven't had insurance in over a year. My wife's Mom died from breast cancer, so my wife is at risk and used to get checked yearly, but not since we lost our insurance. She applied for a NJ state program that allows for free preventive care and she heard back today. She is getting a free Pap & Mammogram on August 21st.
The ACA is working our family. Thanks President Obama. Our kids are as of last month covered by NJ Familycare for a very affordable monthly premium.
babylonsister
(171,217 posts)I definitely need to take advantage of this as I don't have insurance either.
marlakay
(11,634 posts)colonoscopies now?? I have to have one in a few months and my portion even with insurance was a few thousand last time.
Freddie
(9,333 posts)But if they "find something" and remove a polyp it's no longer free
Kath1
(4,309 posts)National Organization for Women President Terry ONeill said, No longer will women be compelled to forego or delay needed preventive care due to economic hard times. About time!
"Its a Big F**king Deal." I agree 100%. Long overdue but much appreciated.
ailsagirl
(23,008 posts)How do they sleep at night???
Using our national tragedies to their own ends-- I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But I am disgusted.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,299 posts)Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)Man, would I hate to be the poor dumb bastard who has to run against the incumbent who just provided free health care to 47 million voters. Jesus, that would suck something fierce.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)Everything. They hate babies, and they're terrified of women.
Once you're out of the womb, you're on your own.
Freddie
(9,333 posts)And die at age 35, like my great-grandmother. The Repugs want to go back to the good old days.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)We've discussed this a few weeks ago. This isn't "preventative" care. Truly, it isn't "care" at all. It is basically screenings. The screeinging doesn't "prevent" anything, it merely diagnoses. If you're healthy, there is no direct out of pocket cost (other than the premiums). But if they find anything, and you actually need health CARE, that isn't free by any stretch of the imagination. Furthermore, if they find something that requires additional screenings, those aren't "free" either.
My last colonoscopy was "free" (under my "cadillac" policy I have). They found stuff. They biopsied some (that cost). They recommended I have another one in 3 years. That one won't be "free" either. They are only free every 10 years. I've yet to meet anyone that isn't advised to have one within 5 years.
I'm glad screenings are "free". I knew too many women that had trouble coming up with the copay for the mammograms. But lets not pretend anyone is getting "free" health care. It isn't care and it isn't "free". But people are now getting screenings without out of pocket expenses, which is a good thing.
cali
(114,904 posts)zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Preventative care can't start until the problem is diagnosed, and the screening is a part of the diagnosis process. The sad point though is that they ONLY part of the process that is covered is the diagnosis, not the actual care. The diagnosis isn't care, what follows is. The care is no more covered that it ever was.
MrDiaz
(731 posts)But it is NOT FREE! Somebody somewhere is paying for these doctors to do this. NOTHING IS FREE!
Freddie
(9,333 posts)Is to establish a baseline of what constitutes a "health insurance plan" so employers and insurance companies can't just call any worthless junk that covers nothing "health insurance." By all their howling about "religious liberty" the Carholic Church is trying to get around the standards of what is now considered an acceptable health care plan.
Contraception is considered preventive care because doctors now recommend that a woman wait at least 2 years between pregnancies.
I am just saying that its not free, like alot of people here seem to think.