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95 Percent of Uninsured Will Have Lower Healthcare Premiums than Projected...
Health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will be even more affordable than planned. When the health insurance marketplaces open on October 1, millions of uninsured individuals will be able to...
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Health Insurance Marketplaces Open Today
The government shutdown did not prevent one of the centerpieces of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from going into effect: health insurance marketplaces opened today. via Shutterstock Individuals and...
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Obama Administration Issues Mental Health Parity Rule
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury jointly issued a final rule last Friday to increase parity between mental health and substance use disorder benefits and other medical...
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Circuit Court Blocks Obamacare Contraception Mandate
Two for-profit companies won a ruling by the Seventh Circuit Court to protect them from the mandate to cover birth control benefits as part of their employee’s insurance, as required by the Patient...
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Feminist Majority Foundation Urges US Supreme Court to Let Women, Not Bosses,...
Date: November-26-13 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Perry Phone: (703) 522-2214 Email: mperry@feminist.org The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the contraceptive coverage...
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Court Allows New York Catholic Groups to Refuse Contraceptive Coverage
A federal judge ruled yesterday that a group of Catholic institutions in New York do not have to comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) contraceptive coverage requirement. The ACA guarantees that...
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The Affordable Care Act Makes the Gift of Health Insurance Possible
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is more than just a piece of legislation in my home. My mom has been waiting for health insurance for nearly a decade. But now, thanks to the ACA, or Obamacare, my mom can...
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White House Highlights Benefits of Affordable Care Act to Moms
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama met with a group of eight mothers yesterday to discuss how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) benefits their families and to learn about the work these women...
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The Affordable Care Act Fits My Needs and Cut My Costs
by Bettina Living with epilepsy since I was four years old – on and off until the most recent and permanent bout – is just a routine part of my life. Taking medication in the morning and evening is no...
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Only 3 Days Left to Enroll for Affordable Care Act Coverage Starting January 1!
The deadline to enroll in new health insurance plans through the state Health Insurance Marketplaces is December 23 for coverage starting on January 1. via Shutterstock There are several ways to apply...
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Millions of Women Have ACA Contraceptive Coverage – But Not The Employees of...
The Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged (“Little Sisters of the Poor”), a non-profit religious organization that operates a chain of nursing homes for the elderly poor, has argued to the U.S....
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House and Senate Democrats File Amicus Briefs in Support of Affordable Care...
91 House Democrats, 19 Senate Democrats, and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed separate amicus briefs Tuesday in support of the contraceptive coverage benefit in the Affordable Care Act....
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Court Rules Against Notre Dame’s Contraception Mandate Appeal
In a 2-1 ruling on Friday, the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals for Chicago denied the University of Notre Dame’s request for immediate relief from complying with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA)...
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Uninsured Rate Hits New Low as Affordable Care Act Puts Insurance Within Reach
The percentage of Americans without health insurance has hit a second consecutive five-year low, falling to 15.9 percent according to a Gallup telephone survey of over 28,000 adults. The uninsured rate...
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We Need You At The Supreme Court!
We need you to stand with us at the Supreme Court on March 25 to preserve contraceptive access for millions of women. Some for-profit companies are trying to get out of providing contraception to their...
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Majority of Americans Approve of Obamacare Contraception Mandate
A poll conducted earlier this month by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal found that a majority of Americans agree with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraception mandate. The mandate requires...
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FMF Will Deliver Thousands of Petitions to the Supreme Court Tomorrow in...
The Feminist Majority Foundation will deliver thousands of petitions to the US Supreme Court tomorrow in support of the Affordable Care Act birth control benefit, sending a clear signal to the Court...
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More than 7 Million People Enrolled in Healthcare Through Affordable Care Act
More than 7 million people have enrolled in private health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. txking via Shutterstock The White House met its original goal...
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State Refusals to Expand Medicaid Have Left Millions Uninsured
Nearly five million low-income Americans do not have access to affordable insurance because state legislators in 24 states refuse to expand Medicaid. A new report released last week gives a picture of...
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Complaint Filed Against Insurers for Discrimination Against People with HIV/AIDS
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and The AIDS Institute filed a complaint yesterday with the Office for Civil Rights of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS OCR)...
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