Affordable Care Act (ACA)
The NWHN applauds the court’s decision, but encourages the public to stay vigilant.
NWHN Policy Advocacy Director Sarah Christopherson provides a top-level overview of the ACA, how it helped women gain comprehensive health coverage, some exciting advances made in the Biden COVID relief package, and what challenges and opportunities lies ahead.
While several big questions remain, we have a good sense now of the rough outline of the final package and its impact on the ACA.
For the past five years, U.S. residents have listed the accessibility and affordability of health care as their top concern, according to Gallup. Going back further, they’ve reported “personally worrying a great deal” about health care since 2001. Voter concerns…
Why is getting covered through Medicaid so much harder than Medicare? There are lots of superficial answers but, at heart, the answer is “racism.”
Oral health is essential throughout a woman’s life, and particularly during pregnancy. But far too many women, especially low-income women and women of color, lack access to comprehensive and affordable dental insurance.
On October 6, 2017, the Trump Administration published two new rules, effective immediately, undermining the Affordable Care Act requirement that insurance plans cover all 18 FDA-approved methods of birth control without copay or deductible.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Evita Almassi, ealmassi@nwhn.org
or (202) 682-2640
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Evita Almassi, ealmassi@nwhn.org
or (202) 682-2640
Senate Republicans are making one last push to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and gut Medicaid and their latest Trumpcare bill known as Graham-Cassidy is the most radical one yet!