Women's Health Town Hall

As part of our focus on women’s health, the White House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) host a Women’s Health Town Hall on Thursday, June 7, 2012. The event was streamed live from the White House and the HHS websites from 10 am to 11:30 am ET.

The event was an interactive, open dialogue about how the health care law, the Affordable Care Act, is improving the health of women and their families.

Do you know how the law affects you, your mother, and your daughter? Here are some highlights:

• The law requires insurance companies to cover people with pre-existing conditions, and means the end of women being denied or charged more for coverage just because they’re women.
• It also zeroes in on ensuring access to preventive services like mammograms and blood pressure screenings by making them available without a co-pay.
• It strengthens the Medicare program by cracking down on fraud, waste and abuse and closing the prescription drug gap known as the “donut hole,” which means lower prescription drug costs for all seniors.