This week, we’re celebrating the one year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, a historic advancement for the health care of women and their families. Without this historic piece of legislation, insurance companies could continue to deny coverage to women due to pre-existing conditions, such as cancer and pregnancy. Women could continue to be charged more than men for insurance, simply because of their gender. And, too many women and families could continue to go without the affordable, quality care they deserved. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, that’s all changing.
Under the law, insurance companies are already banned from denying coverage to children because of a pre-existing condition. In 2014, it will be illegal for insurance companies to discriminate against anyone with a pre-existing condition.
As a single mom of a twenty-five year old daughter, I understand the uncertainty that many families face as their children try to enter the workforce during these tough economic times. Before the Affordable Care Act, children could be left uninsured, as soon as they graduated from college, while searching for work. Under the Act’s new provisions, children can stay on their parents’ heath care plans until they turn twenty-six. This rule applies in almost all cases, regardless of whether your child is living at home, enrolled in school, or a married college graduate.
Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/03/24/celebrating-one-year-anniversary-affordable-care-act
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