The Kaiser Family Foundation helpfully articulated the impact that the latest ObamaCare repeal effort would have on women. The Graham-Cassidy plan, opposed by all major health groups across a range of industries, would:
1. Permit states to exclude maternity care and preventive services under the block grant.
2. Ban all Marketplace plans and issuers receiving block grant funds from covering abortion, and bar small employers from receiving tax credits if their plans cover abortion.
3. Prohibit Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving federal Medicaid reimbursements for one year.
4. Allow states to permit insurers to charge higher premiums to people with pre-existing conditions.
5. Eliminate the ACA’s Medicaid expansion and restructure the program from an entitlement to a capped program with limited federal financing.
These actions would dangerously impact women and jeopardize their access to safe, affordable healthcare. Read more at http://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/fact-sheet/five-ways-the-graham-cassidy-proposal-would-affect-women/.
Senators Graham and Cassidy (photo courtesy of CNN)
