Senate Democrats » Preventive Health Care http://democrats.senate.gov Official news and legislative information from Democrats in the U.S. Senate. Mon, 13 May 2013 13:00:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Senator Reid Writes For Huffington Post: Republicans Renew The War On Women http://democrats.senate.gov/2012/08/01/senator-reid-writes-for-huffington-post-republicans-renew-the-war-on-women/ http://democrats.senate.gov/2012/08/01/senator-reid-writes-for-huffington-post-republicans-renew-the-war-on-women/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:04:32 +0000 sarah http://democrats.senate.gov/?p=110437 This morning, Nevada Senator Reid penned an op-ed for Huffington Post that outlines new preventive health benefits for women that Republicans have already tried to take away by threatening to repeal the Affordable Care Act.  An excerpt:

Starting today, critical women’s preventive health services will be available to women, free of co-pays or deductibles — a hard-fought benefit for women in Nevada and across the country that is long overdue.

Yet on the eve of the implementation of these historic benefits for women, my Republican colleagues were still trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act — the very law that offers these benefits along with many other crucial protections for women.

To read more, follow this link to the Huffington Post.

 

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