{"id":8517,"date":"2012-08-01T11:53:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T18:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8517"},"modified":"2012-08-01T11:53:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T18:53:35","slug":"the-democratic-war-on-womens-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/01\/the-democratic-war-on-womens-health-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"The Democratic War on Women&#8217;s Health Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Republican War on Women goes on, but we\u2019ll get to that in a bit.&#160; There is another war that gets far less attention, despite deserving far more.&#160; It\u2019s the Democratic War on Women\u2019s Health Issues, and today is a blue letter day.&#160; Those who cling to the destructive myth that there is no difference between the parties need to take note of this.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1dr-barack-obama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; float: right\" title=\"1dr-barack-obama\" alt=\"1dr-barack-obama\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1dr-barack-obama_thumb.jpg\" width=\"325\" height=\"473\" \/><\/a>You\u2019ve heard a lot from the foes of Obamacare, the landmark health care law enacted in 2012. Today, the White House wants you to hear the other side of the story. Here it is:<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Eight new prevention related health measures are now being provided to 47 million women under the Affordable Care Act (the official name of what is more commonly known as Obamacare).<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Previously some insurance companies did not cover the eight preventative services, or only offered co-pays or deductibles.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">However <strong>beginning on August 1,&#160; or at the next renewal date, the following services will be completely covered by the insurance companies<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; padding-left: 0px; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.75in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Well-woman visits.<\/font><\/span> <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Gestational diabetes screening that helps protect pregnant women from one of the most serious pregnancy-related diseases.<\/font><\/span> <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Domestic and interpersonal violence screening and counseling.<\/font><\/span> <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">FDA-approved contraceptive methods, and contraceptive education and counseling.<\/font><\/span> <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling.<\/font><\/span> <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">HPV DNA testing, for women 30 or older.<\/font><\/span> <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Sexually transmitted infections counseling for sexually-active women.<\/font><\/span> <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">HIV screening and counseling for sexually-active women.<\/font><\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The greater focus on preventative measures will allow women to make health decisions to stay healhty [sic] and have a higher likelihood of catching potentially serious conditions earlier, and reduce crushing medical bills.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in; font-family: \"><font style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u201c<strong>President Obama is moving our country forward by giving women control over their health care<\/strong>,\u201d Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said. \u201cThis law puts women and their doctors, not insurance companies or the government, in charge of health care decisions.\u201d\u2026 [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chron.com\/txpotomac\/2012\/07\/obamacare-gives-47-million-women-preventative-health-services-conservatives-say-mandates-shred-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Chronicle<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Picture credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/echealthinsurance.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Health Insurance News<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Democrats have been crowing about this as well they should.&#160; Republicans are celebrating the occasion in their own special way.&#160; Senate Minority Leader McConnell (R-KY), aka Bought Bitch Mitch, obstructed the normal business of the Senate by announcing yet another amendment to repeal Obamacare on a completely unrelated bill.&#160; House Majority Leader Boehner (R-OH), aka Agent Orange, is holding yet another \u201cGOP Jobs Vote\u201d.&#160; That\u2019s right.&#160; It\u2019s another attack on Women&#8217;s rights.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Rachel Maddow explained all the benefits of Obamacare, while covering this and Republican attempts to repeal Obamacare.&#160; Then she discussed it with Jan Schakowsky (D-IL).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"592\" height=\"346\" id=\"msnbc6963c0\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" target=\"_blank\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" target=\"_blank\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=48431244^0^1133300&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc6963c0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"592\" height=\"346\" FlashVars=\"launch=48431244^0^1133300&amp;width=592&amp;height=346\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 592px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; font-size: 11px\">Visit NBCNews.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Every American should see her go down that list of benefits.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This should also make clear the differences between the two main political parties.&#160; We have one that, while far from perfect, does govern for the benefit of all Americans.&#160; We have one that govern;\u2019s exclusively for the benefit of millionaires, billionaires, and corporate criminals.&#160; Putting aside pipe dreams and blue sky, with extremely rare exceptions such as Bernie the Beloved, one of these will be governing in January.&#160; Which, is up to you.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican War on Women goes on, but we\u2019ll get to that in a bit.&#160; There is another war that gets far less attention, despite deserving far more.&#160; It\u2019s the Democratic War on Women\u2019s Health Issues, and today is a blue letter day.&#160; Those who cling to the destructive myth that there is no difference <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/01\/the-democratic-war-on-womens-health-issues\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}