if you are a rightwing women, or a rightwing male married to a woman, or with a mother, daughter or other relative who's a woman or just like women in general, and you or she gets these medical benefits now for free under obamacare when before your/her insurance plan either didn't cover them or might arbitrarily deny them based on what some insurance company employee says you/she needs medically or made you/her pay a lot of money for them, do you still hate obamacare with a passion because foxnews and your favorite republican mouthpiece says it and its bad?
According to a new HHS report also released today, approximately 47 million women are in health plans that must cover these new preventive services at no charge. Women, not insurance companies, can now make health decisions that will keep them healthy, catch potentially serious conditions at an earlier state, and protect them and their families from crushing medical bills.
The eight new prevention-related services are:
- Well-woman visits.
- Gestational diabetes screening that helps protect pregnant women from one of the most serious pregnancy-related diseases.
- Domestic and interpersonal violence screening and counseling.
- FDA-approved contraceptive methods, and contraceptive education and counseling.
- Breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling.
- HPV DNA testing, for women 30 or older.
- Sexually transmitted infections counseling for sexually-active women.
- HIV screening and counseling for sexually-active women.
These services are based on recommendations from the Institute of Medicine, which relied on independent physicians, nurses, scientists and other experts as well as evidence-based research to develop its recommendations.