Medicaid & Other Public Funding

Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for low-income people, is a critical source of health coverage for nearly 17 million nonelderly women across the country. Protecting Medicaid is essential to ensuring the health and well-being of millions of women and their families.

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Fact Sheet | NWLC Letter to Secretary Sebelius: Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight

February 2, 2012

On December 16, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a bulletin outlining their plans to implement the Essential Health Benefits provision of the Affordable Care Act.

Fact Sheet | Access to Preventive Health Care for Women in the New Health Care Law: Frequently Asked Questions

November 4, 2011

The new health care law makes preventive care more accessible and affordable to millions of Americans. This is especially important to women, who are more likely than men to avoid needed health care, including preventive care, because of cost. To help address these cost barriers and make sure all women have access to preventive health care, one section of the new health care law requires all “new” private insurance plans to cover a wide range of preventive services without co-payments or other cost sharing requirements.

Fact Sheet | Contraceptive Coverage in the New Health Care Law: Frequently Asked Questions

November 4, 2011

The new health care law makes preventive care more accessible and affordable to millions of Americans. This is especially important to women, who are more likely than men to avoid needed health care, including preventive care, because of cost. To help address these cost barriers and make sure all women have access to preventive health care, one section of the new health care law requires all new private insurance plans to cover a wide range of preventive services, including services such as mammograms, pap smears, smoking prevention and contraceptives without co-payments or other cost sharing requirements.

Fact Sheet, Webinars & Presentations | Resources for "If You Care About..., Then You Should Care About Reproductive Justice" Series

November 2, 2011

The National Women’s Law Center and Law Students for Reproductive Justice have developed a series of webinars for law students that look at the intersection of reproductive justice with other progressive advocacy issues. We hope that through this series, students will start thinking of the social justice and human rights underpinnings of progressive work, and how we can all work together toward our common goals.

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| Health Care Law Litigation

November 01, 2011

Opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have brought various lawsuits claiming that Congress lacked authority to pass the ACA but it is well-settled that the Commerce Clause of the Constitution allows Congress to make laws addressing national economic problems. The ACA addresses a national breakdown in the health insurance market that has resulted in widespread denials of coverage, limited access to health care, and increased health care costs. By addressing the economic impacts of the discrimination that women face in the health insurance market, it also falls within a long tradition of civil rights laws falling well within Congress’s authority under the Commerce Clause.

Fact Sheet | NWLC Letter to Secretary Sebelius: Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight

February 02, 2012

On December 16, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a bulletin outlining their plans to implement the Essential Health Benefits provision of the Affordable Care Act.

Fact Sheet | Letter to Secretary Sebelius: Inclusion of Preventive Services in Medicaid Expansion Benchmarks and Basic Health Plans

January 19, 2012

Dear Secretary Sebelius:
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Fact Sheet | The D.C. Abortion Ban Threatens Women's Health

November 15, 2011

The District of Columbia—unlike any other state—is currently barred from using its local funds to provide abortion services for low-income women. This ban prohibits D.C. from deciding how to spend its own revenue and threatens the health of its residents.

Fact Sheet | Contraceptive Coverage in the New Health Care Law: Frequently Asked Questions

November 04, 2011

The new health care law makes preventive care more accessible and affordable to millions of Americans. This is especially important to women, who are more likely than men to avoid needed health care, including preventive care, because of cost. To help address these cost barriers and make sure all women have access to preventive health care, one section of the new health care law requires all new private insurance plans to cover a wide range of preventive services, including services such as mammograms, pap smears, smoking prevention and contraceptives without co-payments or other cost sharing requirements.

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Described as "guiding the battles of the women's rights movement" by the New York Times, Marcia Greenberger is the founder and Co-President of the National Women's Law Center. The creation of the Center over 35 years ago established her as the first full-time women's rights legal advocate in Washington, D.C.

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