WDWWT?

mrsconn23

The Institute of Medicine has released a study that says that the following should be covered 100% for women under the new healthcare law:

--Contraceptives

-- Screening for gestational diabetes for pregnant women between 24 and 28 weeks

-- DNA testing for high-risk HPV for women starting at 30 years of age; recurring every three years

-- Annual counseling on sexually transmitted infections for all sexually active women

-- HIV testing and counseling on an annual basis for sexually active women

-- Breastfeeding support and counseling, including costs of renting breastfeeding equipment

-- Screening and counseling for interpersonal and domestic violence

-- One preventive care visit a year for adult women

 

Here's the link to the full article:  http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/07/19/birth.control.iom/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

nicoleg1982

Yes, yes and yes.  But only as options.  I don't see that these things should be requirements (counseling, testing, etc.).

mrsconn23

I agree Nico w/the counseling and testing as being 'options'. 

But if these are implemented, it would be a HUGE step forward for women's health care, because it will make these things more accessible to everyone.  They can be so cost-prohibitive for the people who need it most, which is sad.

AuntFlo

Yeah, that all would be awesome - but who is paying for it?   Where is baconsmom?

arbolita

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[QUOTE]I agree Nico w/the counseling and testing as being 'options'.  But if these are implemented, it would be a HUGE step forward for women's health care, because it will make these things more accessible to everyone.  <strong>They can be so cost-prohibitive for the people who need it most, which is sad.</strong>
Posted by mrs.conn23[/QUOTE]


I agree with this, and the part I bolded is the same with mental healthcare, which was sadly pretty much ignored in the new healthcare plan. 

nicoleg1982

Good question AF - IMO, my private insurance co. should be covering these things.  This year, they started free well-woman gyn visits, which is a start.  But I had to pay $17 for my pregnancy test.  I could've saved $10 by bringing my own stick.

loveshine1

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[QUOTE]Yeah, that all would be awesome - but who is paying for it? 
Posted by AuntFlo[/QUOTE]
This, exactly.

mrsconn23

Oh mental healthcare is woefully behind and people who have mental issues are still made to feel ashamed a lot of the time.  It's incredibly sad. 

AuntFlo

Nico - even if your private insurance is covering it, you're still paying for it.   The insurance companies don't like to give things away...

The state of mental/behavioral healthcare is so sad.   Speaking of which - well, I'll make a new post.

baconsmom

Oh, I'm just over here putting up my Ron Paul 2012 signs. Don't mind me. I'll never be in ur healthcare, telling u what I'm willing to pay for. 

ReturnOfKuus

I'm with baconsmom.  And I'm also wildly curious at how they're going to determine high HPV risk.

AuntFlo

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[QUOTE]I'm with baconsmom.  And I'm also wildly curious at how they're going to determine high HPV risk.
Posted by ReturnOfKuus[/QUOTE]

And what they're going to do with that information.   I'm so paranoid of any DNA screening.

zsazsa-stl

I understand that your private insurance would cover it just like they are required to give equal coverage to mental health now and a host of other requirements.

The only thing I dislike about this is the further implacation that these things are up to women only.  Why not educate some men rather than focussing on how to protect women from the almighty peen?

Bmom - I wish I could be a libertarian.  Really, I do.  I believe in the idea of free markets and minimal government intervention, but I don't trust people and I especially don't trust corporations.  Democracy is impossible without morality, you know. 

MinM

I can be tested to determine if I am a carrier for pancreatic cancer. I was talking about this with my new friend. She asked what I would do with that information. I said I would probably live my life differently. She said, so live like that anyway.

I know it'll screw me out of insurance if I do it, so I won't. And frankly, with pancreatic cancer, no matter when they catch it, it's going to kill you. You never are cured. I suppose I would leave it up to H and do it if he wanted be to. It's not like we're going to have kids who would be affected.

ReturnOfKuus

I have been under the impression that it's incurable because pancreatic cancer is always, always, ALWAYS caught fairly late in the game.

MinM

It isn't always caught late in the game....but I'd say 99.99% of the time. Steve Jobs' was caught early because he has a frillion dollars and had some fancy testing. But, no matter when you detect it, it doesn't matter. It's gonna spread and you gonna die. It's not like breast cancer, that can be cured.