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Kathleen Sebelius: Health Reform Will Do Wonders For Women

Summary: 
Read Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ article that describes how Health Reform Will Do Wonders for Women and their families by protecting their right to coverage and making it easier to receive preventative care.

To commemorate National Women’s Health Week, please read Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ article that describes how Health Reform Will Do Wonders for Women and their families by protecting their right to coverage and making it easier to receive preventative care.  The Affordable Care Act will no longer allow women to be denied health care coverage simply for being women.  Before the act was passed, women could be denied coverage because of a breast cancer diagnosis or for being a victim of domestic violence. To take health care in to your own hands and to learn more about what benefits of the new law apply especially to women, please visit http://www.healthcare.gov/

Jennifer Kaplan is the Deputy Director of the Council on Women and Girls