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Great Strides for Women's Health Under the Affordable Care Act

Dept. of Health & Human Services
Jan 09, 2015
By: Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, The White House
President Obama has said repeatedly that “when women succeed, America succeeds.”  And over the past year, millions of women have gained the security of knowing that their professional, academic, financial, and personal dreams will not be put in jeopardy if they face a health challenge.  Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released a report detailing the important strides we have made in women’s health as a result of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”).
Up until last year, insurance companies could - and often did - charge women different premiums than men for the same coverage. As of January 1, 2014, the ACA prohibits this gender discrimination.   In part because of improved options and affordability, today’s report outlines a significant 5.5 percentage point decline in the uninsured rate among women between the ages of 18 and 64 since 2013.  And as more and more women take advantage of the Open Enrollment period that ends February 15, 2015, and sign up for affordable private health insurance, that number will continue to drop.
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