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.

Highlights

Fact Sheet | The President’s FY2014 Budget and Women’s Health

April 24, 2013

On April 10th, the President released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2014. Compared to the recently released House Budget   the President’s budget demonstrates a commitment to preserving women’s access to the health care coverage and services they need. The President’s budget fully funds implementation of the Affordable Care Act and does not make drastic cuts to the Medicaid program. However, it does include cuts to the Medicare program that will increase beneficiaries out of pocket costs and make it harder for older women to afford the care they need.

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Fact Sheet | Strong Public Support Continues for States to Accept Federal Funds to Cover More Uninsured People Through Medicaid

April 9, 2013

A new national survey sponsored by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the National Women’s Law Center shows strong support among adults 18 and older for their states to accept federal dollars that have been allocated to cover more uninsured people through Medicaid.  The survey, conducted March 15-19, 2013 among 1,016 adults 18 and older, has a margin of error of + 4 percentage points.

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Fact Sheet | The Ryan Budget’s Catastrophic Health Cuts and their Impact on Women

March 14, 2013

Representative Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 includes devastating cuts to the health care programs women and families rely on.  Ryan would repeal the Affordable Care Act, make drastic cuts to Medicaid, and convert Medicare into a voucher program. These changes would leave millions of women and their families without the financial security of high-quality health insurance, unable to access the health care services they need, and facing dramatic increases in their healthcare costs.

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Fact Sheet | Job Loss: The Hidden Cost of Medicaid Cuts to Women

December 7, 2012

Medicaid provides vital, affordable health coverage to over 60 million low-income individuals and people with disabilities, yet it is often targeted when policymakers seek to curb spending. Cuts to Medicaid, however, would restrict access to health services for the millions of Americans who rely on this coverage, including nearly 21 million adult women.  These women are far more likely to be poor, have poorer health, and lower educational attainment than women covered by private insurance.  Medicaid provides these low-income women with comprehensive health care that improves their health outcomes.

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Reports & Toolkits | Health Care Law Litigation

June 27, 2012

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.

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Resource Page | Women Can’t Afford More Tax Cuts for the Rich

April 06, 2012

What do tax breaks for millionaires really cost?< Read more...

Fact Sheet | I'm a Woman and... Resources for Women on How the ACA Will Impact Them

March 19, 2012

Whether a woman is uninsured, insured through her employer, owns a small business, has a pre-existing condition, insures her family, or insures herself; this set of factsheets address particular groups of women and helps them learn how the health care law will impact them.

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Fact Sheet | I Will Not Be Denied Video Fact Sheet

March 19, 2012

The National Women’s Law Center released a new video, I Will Not Be DeniedTM, to highlight the important protections of the health care law and help you join the celebration to protect women’s health and the law.  This fact sheet follows the script of video so you can understand the important ways the health care law is already increasing women’s access to health care.

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Fact Sheet | Women and the Health Care Law: How the ACA Benefits Women

March 18, 2012

The health care law, the Affordable Care Act, protects women from discriminatory health insurance practices, makes health coverage more affordable and easier to obtain, and improves access to many of the health services women need.  Approximately 17 million women will gain coverage because of the Affordable Care Act. Millions of women are already benefiting from the law, and there are important protections women will gain when the law is fully implemented in 2014.

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