Employers will not be allowed to provide inferior plans with less coverage to their lower-paid workers, who are more likely to be women and people of color.

Supreme Court Decision on Affordable Care Act is Historic Advance for Women

  - Statement of Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority

(Source: feminist.org)

Exclusions for pre-existing conditions were immediately eliminated for children in 2010, and will be eliminated in 2014 for adults. This will prevent the exclusion of coverage for women who have “pre-existing conditions” such as pregnancy, prior injuries caused by domestic violence, the second or subsequent Caesarian delivery, re-occurrence of breast cancer, etc. A temporary high risk insurance pool program is available to cover eligible adults with pre-existing conditions until 2014.

Supreme Court Decision on Affordable Care Act is Historic Advance for Women

  - Statement of Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority

(Source: feminist.org)