DeGette And Pro-Choice Caucus Statement On One-Year Anniversary Of Implementation Of Women's Preventive Health Services

Statement

U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), Co-Chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, released the following statement commemorating tomorrow's one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) preventive health services provision for women. The provision requires most health insurers to cover certain women's preventive health care services, including birth control and well-woman visits, with no cost-sharing to the individual:

"The Affordable Care Act is the single greatest advancement in women's health in a generation. For the first time, women across the country can access birth control and other essential preventive services without co-pays. Since this key component of the ACA was implemented, approximately 47 million women gained guaranteed coverage of these additional preventive benefits without cost-sharing, saving them up to $600 a year. Many women can now choose from a full-range of FDA-approved contraceptives, allowing them to consistently use the method that works best for them.

"Yet once again, these gains for women are under attack this week, as House Republicans plan to vote for the 40th time to repeal, obstruct, and undermine the protections and benefits millions of women receive under ACA. Instead of working on the issues that Americans are focused on like jobs, Republicans are busy finding new battlefields for their war on women, including the workplace, the doctor's office, the drugstore, and their pocketbooks. It's time for the House Majority to stop trying to take benefits away from women and instead start working on the American people's number one priority: creating jobs and strengthening our economy."

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