U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand yesterday delivered a speech on the Senate floor today to announce her new push to fight against efforts to reverse progress on women’s health care made under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Gillibrand filed an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Resolution that would take a stand against any attempt to take away or roll back the coverage protections and access to care for women under the ACA. Provisions that could be rolled back through repeal of the ACA:
- Women can no longer be charged more just because of their gender.
- Health insurance companies can no longer use pregnancy as a pre-existing condition by which to deny women health coverage.
- Women can receive critical preventive care without co-pays, including contraceptive counseling and birth control, mammograms, cervical cancer screenings, and breastfeeding support and supplies.
- Health insurance companies can no longer discriminate against providers who provide reproductive health care benefits and services to women.
- Health insurance companies must include coverage for maternity care.
Check out her speech on the Senate floor.
