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Committee vote clears way for abortion care coverage for servicewomen
For the first time on Tuesday, a bipartisan conference committee agreed to include an amendment providing abortion coverage for military rape survivors in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Earlier this month, the Senate passed Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)’s amendment, which would repeal a ban on insurance coverage for servicewomen…
Romney: No Americans ‘die because they don’t have insurance’
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says that having insurance is not a matter of life and death for Americans. During a Wednesday interview with the Columbus Dispatch, the former Massachusetts governor said he would give people a window of time to make a “choice” to buy insurance — even if…
HHS: Health reform to provide coverage for 13 million uninsured women
Data released Thursday by Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius showed that 13 million uninsured women will gain coverage by 2016 thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Even though millions more women will have insurance coverage, an estimated 14.7 million women will remain uninsured. In addition, insurance…
I still don’t have a great feeling about this
Yesterday, Ezra posted the Obama administration’s eight point checklist for what health care reform should do for you. And here they are. See if you can spot what’s missing. * No Discrimination for Pre-Existing Conditions: Insurance companies will be prohibited from refusing you coverage because of your medical history. *…
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