Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act: A Mother's Day Gift for Moms Throughout the United States
by Jessica Arons, Center for American Progress and Center for American Progress Action Fund
May 11, 2012 - 2:44pm (Print)
All moms deserve the kind of quality, affordable care that I was lucky enough to receive while pregnant and postpartum, and Obamacare is working to make that dream a reality.
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Health Reform Explained Video: "Health Reform Hits Main Street"
This video was posted soon after Obama initially signed health reform into law. Since it sounds like not much has changed regarding general confusion about how exactly it works, this video may still prove itself a useful guide. Note: Because this is from a couple of years ago, some details may be slightly outdated.
Holding Our Applause for Health Care Reform
Dr. Pippa Abston discusses what is and isn't in the Health Care Reform Act and what it means to consumers. Dr. Abston is reading the health care act and finds it lacking in many areas
Why the Affordable Care Act is Critical For Women Living With HIV
by Brook Kelly, WORLD
April 3, 2012 - 10:22am (Print)
As we hold our breath to see how the Court will decide the fate of the ACA, now is a good time to remind ourselves of the importance of health care reform for women living with HIV and affected by HIV.
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Affordable Care Act in Jeopardy
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
April 2, 2012 - 8:40am (Print)
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Thank Goodness Gender Rating Is Over So We Can Pay For Abortion Coverage
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
March 28, 2012 - 3:26pm (Print)
Even if the Affordable Care Act stays in place, Republicans already found a way to make women pay more.
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Looking (Anxiously) Ahead as Health Care Reform Turns Two
by Katrina Anderson, Center for Reproductive Rights
March 25, 2012 - 8:36pm (Print)
I would prefer to celebrate the birthday of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by recalling the enormous gains this legislation has made for women. Instead, I wait with baited breath for oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this week, fearful that the Court’s majority – five conservative male justices – could dismantle the rights we fought so hard to secure.
The Affordable Care Act: Hope for Health Care Equality For All
by Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
March 23, 2012 - 9:10am (Print)
The Affordable Care Act is the most ground-breaking piece of legislation passed in our lifetimes to address the kinds of health disparities experienced by people of color. This law will grant access to quality health care to an estimated 32 million people who otherwise would not have been able to afford it--our sisters, our mothers, our primos, and our neighbors.
Pelosi On Anniversary Of ACA: "Republicans Are Brazen" In Attempts To Undermine Women's Health Care
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
March 20, 2012 - 8:21pm (Print)
With two years of health care reform already behind us, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other congresswomen remind women what is at state if the act is repealed.
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Who, Me? Limbaugh Regrets Not Slurring American Women With a Better Euphemism for Slut
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
March 4, 2012 - 11:28am (Print)
Rush Limbaugh "apologizes" for his tirades against Sandra Fluke by suggesting that the only real problem is that he didn't use better euphemisms when accusing 99 percent of American women of being sexually deviant because they use contraception.
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