Repealing the ACA Threatens Women's Health & Economic Security

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the greatest advance for women’s health in a generation. Attempts to repeal the ACA not only put women’s access to health
care in dire jeopardy, but threaten their economic security as well. Repealing the ACA risks going back to a time when women struggled to find affordable health coverage in the individual market, were routinely charged more than men for health insurance and often found that health coverage did not cover their essential health care needs.

Thanks to the National Partnership for Women & Families, here are just some of the many ways women stand to lose and lose big if the GOP repeals the ACA:

• Repealing the ACA would mean less access to health coverage. Millions of women woudl have their health insurance taken away leaving them without affordable coverage options.
• Repealing the ACA would punish women with chronic or pre-existing conditions. The ACA ended outrageous practices that allowed insurers to refuse to cover women who had breast cancer, were domestic violence survivors or who had diabetes or blood pressure.
• Repealing the ACA would take away Medicaid coverage for women and families. Taking away this option would re-open gaping holes in the nation's safety net.
• Repealing the ACA would take away financial help from millions of women and families.
• Repealing the ACA would mean women could pay more than men for the same policy.
• Repealing the ACA would take away guaranteed coverage of maternity services.
• Repealing the ACA would eliminiate guaranteed coverage of preventive care like birth control without cost-sharing.
• Repealing the ACA would take away support for nursing mothers.

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