The White House
Health Care Reform Today
October 19, 1993
- It is important to show the contrasts
between the President's Health Security Act and
the other plans that are in the public
debate...particularly with regard to women's
health issues.
- No other health care plan being debated
offers this level of benefits for women.
- The President's Health Security Act
addresses women's health care specifically and
comprehensively, guaranteeing coverage to all
women, regardless of health status, marital
status, employment status, or ability to pay.
Specifically, the Health Security Plan will cover
a schedule of preventive screenings, tests and
checkups at no cost, protection available in only
a few of today's insurance policies.
- Women of any age can receive clinical
services, including clinical breast exams, and
mammograms at any time when they are medically
necessary or appropriate with cost sharing as
specified by their plan.
- Women of any age who are defined to be at
risk of breast cancer by the National Health
Board will receive additional visits, including
clinical breast exams and mammograms, at a
schedule appropriate to their risk status with no
cost sharing.
- Again, no other health care plan being
debated parallels this level of benefits for
women.
- The President said yesterday: "When it
comes to health care research and delivery, women
can no longer be treated as second-class
citizens." The Health Security Act assures that
women's health concerns take center stage.