Many women are happy with their existing insurance coverage. Why does Health Care Reform matter to them?
Women play an important role in choosing the health care that their families receive, and they are therefore major stakeholders in health care reform. The new health care legislation encompasses important advances for womens health and the health of their families and community. (National Womens Law Center) For example, beginning this year, health insurance companies can no longer deny coverage to children with preexisting conditions or drop people from coverage when they get sick, and they must allow young people up to their 26th birthday to remain on their parents policy. Read more about – Key Provisions that take Effect Immediately The new law also considers a new voluntary long-term care insurance program, requires employers to provide reasonable breaks and a private place for nursing mothers, and offers a new grant program to provide services to women with postpartum depression and their families.
