“The Affordable Care Act helps stop health problems before they start,” said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. “These historic guidelines are based on science and existing literature and will help ensure women get the preventive health benefits they need.”
Before health reform, too many Americans didn’t get the preventive health care they need to stay healthy, avoid or delay the onset of disease, lead productive lives, and reduce health care costs. Often because of cost, Americans used preventive services at about half the recommended rate.
Last summer, HHS released new insurance market rules under the Affordable Care Act requiring all new private health plans to cover several evidence-based preventive services like mammograms, colonoscopies, blood pressure checks, and childhood immunizations without charging a copayment, deductible or coinsurance. The Affordable Care Act also made recommended preventive services free for people on Medicare.
Today’s announcement builds on that progress by making sure women have access to a full range of recommended preventive services without cost sharing, including:
- well-woman visits;
- screening for gestational diabetes;
- human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing for women 30 years and older;
- sexually-transmitted infection counseling;
- human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening and counseling;
- FDA-approved contraception methods and contraceptive counseling;
- breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling; and
- domestic violence screening and counseling.
Publishers Notes:
It's official. Since Obama Care will take time for the doubters believe that we have become Socialized, Here is the factual proof for today.
10 comments:
This is good.
Why would conservatives have a problem with free birth control? You're always complaining the poor have kids on purpose to collect Welfare. This stops the problem. That's a good thing, right?
This is that big bad obamacare that is ruining our country! Hah. I honestly believe if more people actually took time to learn the main points of the bill (you still have to purchase private insurance nothing is free, more people are required to buy so less freeloaders, no getting kicked off for pre-existing conditions, your kids can stay on your policy later, etc.) they would overwhelmingly support it.
anonymous 2:55, another anonymous liberal too afraid to say his name in public.
This fiscal conservative has no problem at all with furnishing birth control.
2:45, are you really a "generic" citizen, or do you mean geriatric?
They don't want birth control. The more babies the more the pay.
It is ridiculous to offer this with no requirement for ANY co-pay. And yes, my health insurance plan is allowing me to have my yearly exam with no co-pay. However, when I saw that change, I remarked how stupid it was that no payment is required at all. If someone cares enough about their health, they will "sacrifice" a combo meal or two, getting their nails done, a pack or two of cigarettes, etc...in order to pay a co-pay. Family planning with free or low cost birth control has been available for years, yet still the birth rate among people who cannot even afford to feed their offspring continues to soar. Get in touch with reality: some people want to live off the system. They will never change. What needs to change is "the system."
3:21 - I mean it the way I type it.
Joe I am anon 2:55 and I have nothing to hide. My name is Rob Sykes and i am a tax-paying maryland resident. Nothing you mentioned in the post (or anything I mentioned in my comment) is bad for the people of this state.
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