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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObamacare Hasn't Just Made People Healthier, but More Financially Secure
And this is especially true for Women:
From "The Atlantic"
Last week, Republicans in Congress took the first steps of many to fulfill their promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act. In the early hours of Thursday morning, GOP senators voted down amendments protecting some of the ACAs most popular provisions, including those that allowed young people to be covered by their parents insurance until the age of 26, prevented women from being charged more than men for coverage because of their gender, lowered drug costs, and protected individuals with pre-existing conditions. That voteand a similar vote in the House of Representatives on Fridaycleared the way for a budget-reconciliation process that would repeal the health law that has extended care to more than 20 million Americans.
As is widely discussed, the health impacts of repeal are potentially disastrous. But less well understood are the economic consequences, which are significant tooespecially for women. In the estimation of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the proposed repeal of key portions of the ACA could cause individual health-insurance premiums to rise 20 to 25 percent in the first year, and to double by 2026.
As is widely discussed, the health impacts of repeal are potentially disastrous. But less well understood are the economic consequences, which are significant tooespecially for women. In the estimation of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the proposed repeal of key portions of the ACA could cause individual health-insurance premiums to rise 20 to 25 percent in the first year, and to double by 2026.
Not only were many women paying more for insurance before the ACA, but they were paying more for incomplete coverage. Insurers routinely denied women coverage for pre-existing conditions such as pregnancy and childbirth. Many plans did not provide coverage for pregnancy, and uninsured women who became pregnant often found themselves with few options. According to the NWLC, in states that did not mandate maternity coverage, only 6 percent of the individual-market health plans available to a 30-year-old woman provided maternity coverage.
The ACA banned practices like these, and brought about much higher insurance rates for women. In 2013, before the ACAs full implementation, 18 percent of American women were uninsured, compared to 11 percent today. (The comparable figures for the general population were roughly the same.) As a result of the law, 8.7 million women gained maternity coverage, 48.5 million women with private insurance had access to preventive services at no cost, and women can no longer be charged higher premiums because of pre-existing conditions. Moreover, the number of women who filled their birth-control prescriptions without co-pays grew from 1.3 million to 5.1 million. As a result, women collectively saved more than $483 million in out-of-pocket birth-control costs, an average of $269 per person.
The ACA banned practices like these, and brought about much higher insurance rates for women. In 2013, before the ACAs full implementation, 18 percent of American women were uninsured, compared to 11 percent today. (The comparable figures for the general population were roughly the same.) As a result of the law, 8.7 million women gained maternity coverage, 48.5 million women with private insurance had access to preventive services at no cost, and women can no longer be charged higher premiums because of pre-existing conditions. Moreover, the number of women who filled their birth-control prescriptions without co-pays grew from 1.3 million to 5.1 million. As a result, women collectively saved more than $483 million in out-of-pocket birth-control costs, an average of $269 per person.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/obamacare-repeal-financial-security/513008/
This is so horrible what is happening now.
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Obamacare Hasn't Just Made People Healthier, but More Financially Secure (Original Post)
mucifer
Jan 2017
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Bengus81
(6,907 posts)1. For 30 MILLION people it's been a HUGE burden off their shoulders
I still think those people insured numbers are higher than reported. Most polices do NOT cover just one person but several. Now we're turning back around to the same endless worry about how to go without health insurance or go broke trying to pay for health insurance.
Orrex
(63,084 posts)2. Two things that the GOP absolutely doesn't want:
1. A healthier 98%
2. A financially secure 98%