AMWA Joins NWLC in the Launch of “I Will NOT Be Denied”TM Campaign
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The American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) joined with the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) in launching its new I Will NOT Be DeniedTM campaign designed to educate women about the benefits of the health care law and encourage them to fight to protect it from opponents who would take it away.
The Center and its allies kicked off the campaign during the week-long celebration of the two-year anniversary of the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA). The campaign launched with an online video, a website, www.IWillNotBeDenied.org, and an online petition and will continue with events, social media and opportunities for women and men to show their support for the law.
“With key insurance provisions under the Affordable Care Act, American women will have wider and better access to health care, including equal access to contraception, for the first time in history,” said AMWA President Dr. Mary Guinan.
As the Affordable Care Act is being discussed and debated, it’s important for women to know what the law is already doing to promote better health and lower costs. Now, millions more women can get preventive services like mammograms, Pap smears, and colonoscopies without a co-pay. It is now illegal for insurance companies to deny children care because of a pre-existing condition, and young adults up to age 26 may remain on their parents’ insurance policies.
The law also includes provisions that stop insurance companies from classifying C-Sections and domestic abuse injuries as preexisting conditions, from charging women higher premiums than men, and from dropping anyone’s coverage because they’re sick.
But opponents of the law want to take these important benefits and common-sense protections away. Important new provisions of the law will continue to roll out through 2014 when the ACA is fully implemented. This summer, for example, well-woman exams and birth control will be available without a co-pay. Today, AMWA and the National Women’s Law Center are calling on supporters to learn more about the health care law and share the I Will NOT Be DeniedTM video with their families, friends, and neighbors. In coming months, the campaign will continue the fight to protect the ACA and keep women and other supporters up-to-date on threats to the law in the courts and in Congress. Supporters can join the conversation on Twitter using the #notdenied hashtag.
Women physicians, medical students, and residents across the country are telling opponents of the health care law, “I Will NOT Be Denied!” Join AMWA to help protect women’s health care!The American Medical Women’s Association is an organization which functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve the health of all individuals. We achieve this by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise, mentoring, and through building strategic alliances. Join us at www.amwa-doc.org!