The reform of health insurance to help 30 million women

The Commonwealth Fund released a report in which he argues that within the next 10 years, 30 million women in the United States would benefit from changes in legislation medical insurance, making insurance more affordable. Health Care Reform Communications, both stabilize and reverse the shortcomings in the health insurance that women faced for decades.
Women health needs, which often leave them more susceptible to high medical costs associated with lack of health insurance. This includes the fact that women of reproductive age are considered at higher risk than men of comparable age because of pregnancy and related health problems. Thus, women are not only not so easy to get private health plans and higher compensation if they do get coverage, but most individual policies do not cover even a pregnancy.
Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund, noted that historically, women have also had great difficulty covering their medical bills because of lower revenues. A new study finds millions of women, will now receive because of health reform will subsidize health insurance for up to 15 million women who are currently uninsured and development of existing coverage of 14.5 million who now have inadequate insurance.
"This report provides good news for all women to be more likely to get the care they need, with a reduced risk of incurring unaffordable medical bills, which have affected so many Americans," said Davis. The report, entitled "Implementing health care reform in the Potential: Women and affordable health Act 2010, is just one of a series of reports planned by the Commonwealth Fund, which will provide information on how to reform the health system is expected to affect different groups population.
Under the new law, women who live in states that have higher than average rates of uninsured will benefit the most. These include Texas and New Mexico (29% uninsured in 2008), Florida, Louisiana (24%), and Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, Oklahoma and West Virginia (on At least 20%).
The bad news? They have to wait until 2014 before they can assess the maximum benefit from the package of health reform. Only a few items to begin in 2010, for example, bans on rescissions of insurance policies, a ban on the term limits on benefits, and being eligible for the new health insurance plan, if you have pre-existing conditions.
Since 2014, uninsured women who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid will be able to buy insurance through the state of the exchange. Women who earn less than 400 percent of poverty or $ 88,000 for a family of four will be eligible for government subsidies to help offset their contributions and out-of-pocket expenses. An estimated 7 million uninsured women may be eligible for subsidized coverage through the insurance exchange.
Also, since 2014, health insurance companies must accept everyone who applies for insurance, and they can not charge higher premiums based on health status or sex. All health plans sold through the new public insurance markets, both individual and small group markets will be required to cover maternity and newborn care as well.
The report of the Commonwealth Fund guarantees millions of women that the best days are: their health insurance options are not only more abundant, but they will also provide a wider range of medical services. The fruits of this promise benefitsare 4 more years of us, and for many women, that four years is too long.