It’s a Big F**king Deal: Free Preventive Care for 47 Million Women Kicks in Today

Political ads are so easy to write.

The term "free healthcare" is pejorative and inaccurate.

You would be paying insurance premiums without it too. The insurance crooks, whoe I mean insurance companies will continue to raise rates, even if the ACA was not put in place. This just give women the advantage of going to have these vital tests performed with needing to use out of pocket cash

It is a feature of the insurance coverage which everyone will be paying premiums for.

and there's no wear and tear on the equipment, somebody's paying somebody for something.

If only for the electricity.

Otherwise the taxpayers of New Jersey are springing for her care.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/nyregion/after-vetoing-portions-christie-signs-31-7-billion-budget.html

Zero sum game at this point. Her benefits means somebody elsewhere loses something. It might be a 1%er. It might be a teacher not getting chemicals for her chemistry class so she'll be on the vinegar and baking soda plan. Every lab will involve vinegar, baking soda or--the really exciting days--both.

I was about to post the same then I saw yours. opponents will jump on the "free" thing, and it's inaccurate. it's what we pay premiums for.

could continue to NOT cover this.

The Aug 1 date is misleading

Those SCUM, using the day we were attacked and 3000+ people were murdered to make their ludicrous point??? How low can they go?

SCUM-OF-THE-EARTH

and deeply despicable. They have no shame.

What bullshit you're peddling with this link

for things like mammograms, etc.

There's no reason the Obama admin shouldn't be proud of these insurance regulations they won. But supporters do the admin a disservice by lipsticking this thing.

It's not free healthcare.
It's not single payer.
It's not even a public option.

Or the GOP plan: "if you get sick, die quickly"

We haven't had insurance in over a year. My wife's Mom died from breast cancer, so my wife is at risk and used to get checked yearly, but not since we lost our insurance. She applied for a NJ state program that allows for free preventive care and she heard back today. She is getting a free Pap & Mammogram on August 21st.

The ACA is working our family. Thanks President Obama. Our kids are as of last month covered by NJ Familycare for a very affordable monthly premium.

I definitely need to take advantage of this as I don't have insurance either.

colonoscopies now?? I have to have one in a few months and my portion even with insurance was a few thousand last time.

But if they "find something" and remove a polyp it's no longer free

National Organization for Women President Terry O’Neill said, “No longer will women be compelled to forego or delay needed preventive care due to economic hard times.” About time!


"It’s a Big F**king Deal." I agree 100%. Long overdue but much appreciated.

How do they sleep at night???

Using our national tragedies to their own ends-- I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But I am disgusted.

Man, would I hate to be the poor dumb bastard who has to run against the incumbent who just provided free health care to 47 million voters. Jesus, that would suck something fierce.

Everything. They hate babies, and they're terrified of women.

Once you're out of the womb, you're on your own.

And die at age 35, like my great-grandmother. The Repugs want to go back to the good old days.

We've discussed this a few weeks ago. This isn't "preventative" care. Truly, it isn't "care" at all. It is basically screenings. The screeinging doesn't "prevent" anything, it merely diagnoses. If you're healthy, there is no direct out of pocket cost (other than the premiums). But if they find anything, and you actually need health CARE, that isn't free by any stretch of the imagination. Furthermore, if they find something that requires additional screenings, those aren't "free" either.

My last colonoscopy was "free" (under my "cadillac" policy I have). They found stuff. They biopsied some (that cost). They recommended I have another one in 3 years. That one won't be "free" either. They are only free every 10 years. I've yet to meet anyone that isn't advised to have one within 5 years.

I'm glad screenings are "free". I knew too many women that had trouble coming up with the copay for the mammograms. But lets not pretend anyone is getting "free" health care. It isn't care and it isn't "free". But people are now getting screenings without out of pocket expenses, which is a good thing.

Preventative care can't start until the problem is diagnosed, and the screening is a part of the diagnosis process. The sad point though is that they ONLY part of the process that is covered is the diagnosis, not the actual care. The diagnosis isn't care, what follows is. The care is no more covered that it ever was.

But it is NOT FREE! Somebody somewhere is paying for these doctors to do this. NOTHING IS FREE!

Is to establish a baseline of what constitutes a "health insurance plan" so employers and insurance companies can't just call any worthless junk that covers nothing "health insurance." By all their howling about "religious liberty" the Carholic Church is trying to get around the standards of what is now considered an acceptable health care plan.
Contraception is considered preventive care because doctors now recommend that a woman wait at least 2 years between pregnancies.

I am just saying that its not free, like alot of people here seem to think.