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Republican health bill: latest draft would scrap contraception mandate
Source: The Guardian
Republican health bill: latest draft would scrap contraception mandate
Molly Redden and Sabrina Siddiqui
Friday 14 July 2017 20.25 BST
The latest version of the US Senate’s bill to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act would eliminate the so-called birth control mandate, handing a long-sought victory to conservative activists who have spent years assailing the regulation.
The mandate is one of the most controversial benefits of the Obama administration’s enforcement of the ACA.
As Senate Republican leaders insisted they would forge ahead with a vote by the end of next week on their latest version of legislation to replace the ACA, reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood warned about the threatened change.
Dawn Laguens, the executive-vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said: “This latest version of Trumpcare is even scarier for women. It would undermine access to basic preventive care, including women’s preventive care with no co-pays.
“Insurance companies would once again be allowed to refuse to cover basic preventive health care, as well as charge women co-pays for birth control, immunizations, and cancer screenings.”
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Molly Redden and Sabrina Siddiqui
Friday 14 July 2017 20.25 BST
The latest version of the US Senate’s bill to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act would eliminate the so-called birth control mandate, handing a long-sought victory to conservative activists who have spent years assailing the regulation.
The mandate is one of the most controversial benefits of the Obama administration’s enforcement of the ACA.
As Senate Republican leaders insisted they would forge ahead with a vote by the end of next week on their latest version of legislation to replace the ACA, reproductive health provider Planned Parenthood warned about the threatened change.
Dawn Laguens, the executive-vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said: “This latest version of Trumpcare is even scarier for women. It would undermine access to basic preventive care, including women’s preventive care with no co-pays.
“Insurance companies would once again be allowed to refuse to cover basic preventive health care, as well as charge women co-pays for birth control, immunizations, and cancer screenings.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/14/republican-healthcare-bill-birth-control-contraception-mandate
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