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| https://lowey.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-lowey-affordable-care-act-ensures-health-care-decisions | Congresswoman Lowey: Affordable Care Act Ensures Health Care Decisions Are Made by a Woman and Her Doctor – "Not By Her Boss" | 2013-12-03 | 2013 | 2013-12 | Democrat | House | NY | Nita Lowey | L000480 | lowey.house.gov | legacy | With Supreme Court Set to Consider If For-Profit Corporations Can Deny Employees Access to Contraception Coverage in Health Plans, Lowey Says Choice is Clear Lowey: Health care decisions should be made by a woman and her doctor not by her boss. WASHINGTON, D.C. In a conference call today, Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland) and Reina Schiffrin, President/CEO of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, said the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ensures that health care decisions are made by a women and her doctor, and urged the Supreme Court to protect comprehensive coverage of women's health services required under the law. Last week, the court announced it will take up challenges to the Affordable Care Act's requirement that for-profit corporations include contraception coverage in employees' insurance plans. Health care decisions should be made by a woman and her doctor not by her boss, not by insurance companies, and not by lawmakers in Washington. Women's health should always be left in the hands of America's women and their families, said Congresswoman Lowey. Under the law, nearly 30 million women with private health insurance are guaranteed coverage of key preventive health services, such as mammograms, cervical cancer screenings, and immunizations, at no additional cost. The law also requires that this coverage include more comprehensive preventive services, such as well-woman visits, breastfeeding support and supplies, and gestational diabetes screening. The law also prohibits insurance companies from dropping women from coverage when they get sick or become pregnant; prevents women from being denied coverage for pre-existing conditions such as breast cancer or having had a C-section; and, beginning in January 2014, ends the common practice of gender rating, charging women higher premiums than men for the same coverage. Reina Schiffrin, President/CEO of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, noted that the ACA may be the single biggest advancement in women's health in a generation. More than 27 million women have already benefited from the birth control provision and millions more stand to gain coverage starting onJanuary 1, she said. Employers have no right to take that access away. Depending on the outcome of these cases, bosses could deny a whole host of other medical procedures such as vaccines, surgeries, blood transfusions, and mental health care based on their own personal beliefs. Earlier this year, the Obama Administration acted to ensure that no church or similar religious institution will be forced to provide contraception coverage and has made a commonsense accommodation for non-profit religious organizations that object to contraception on religious grounds. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |