http://www.metafilter.com/tags/states_rights Posts tagged with 'states_rights' at MetaFilter. Tue, 02 May 2006 13:23:14 -0800 Tue, 02 May 2006 13:23:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/51337/I%2Dbet%2Dyou%2Dlook%2Dreal%2Dpurty%2Din%2Da%2Dburka%2Dbaby <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s1955:">The Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act (S. 1955)</a> has passed out of committee and is now slated for a floor vote. The bill is ostensibly designed to save small employers money and extend health insurance options to employees who hadn’t had them. What it is actually likely to do is <a href="http://advocacy.diabetes.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AC_EnziCall&autologin=true&AddInterest=2401&JServSessionIdr010=zatnsdqeb1.app28a">end basic health insurance</a> coverage for women (and diabetics); birth control, regularly taken prescriptions, cancer screenings, maternity care, and more. <a href="http://www.ppaction.org/ppaction/himmaa_chart.html">Women in every state will lose benefits.</a> S. 1955 would allow insurance plans to ignore important state laws that protect patients, directly affecting more than <a href="http://www.nationalpartnership.org/Default.aspx?tabid=166">90 million Americans</a>. [more inside] tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51337 Tue, 02 May 2006 13:23:14 -0800 diabetes federalism healthcare insurance laws legislation republicans S1955 states_rights women dejah420