ACA New Women's Benefits Start August 1 Women's Leaders To Hold July 31 Audio Press Conference on Historic Advancement
WASHINGTON, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HERvotes, a coalition of over 50 women's organizations dedicated to mobilizing women voters in 2012 around women's Health and Economic Rights, will host an audio press conference on the new Well Woman Prevention benefits of the Affordable Care Act.
Starting August 1, all new health insurance plans must cover a set of new Well Woman Prevention benefits with no additional co-pays or costs. These benefits include an annual well woman exam, pre-natal screenings for gestational diabetes, services for victims of domestic violence, contraceptive coverage and much more.
| When: |
Tuesday, July 31 at 2 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. CDT; 12 p.m. MT and 11 a.m. PDT) |
| Who: |
Dr. Paula Johnson, Member, Institute of Medicine Panel on Prevention Services for Women; Executive Director, Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
Other experts from women's organizations, including Judy Waxman, Vice President, the National Women's Law Center and Jessica Gonzales-Rojas, Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health will be on the call to comment and respond to questions about women and the Affordable Care Act.
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