First Lady Stresses Importance Of Wellness Reform To Women At White House Breast Cancer Event
November 23, 2011
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First lady Michelle Obama framed well being care reform as a women’s issue at a breast cancer event on Friday, “marking the third time in recent weeks she has weighed in on the health debate so directly,” Politico reports. Obama was joined by many Property members, breast cancer survivors and advocates in the White House event. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Biden and founder of the Biden Breast Well being Initiative, also spoke. The event coincided with the White House’s release of a new video featuring the very first lady discussing women and wellness care reform (Henderson, Politico, 10/26).
“We have a wellness care program in this country that simply is not working for too many people with breast cancer and too many people who are surviving with breast cancer,” Obama stated in the event. She added, “It’s a system that only adds to the fear and stress that already comes with the disease.” She said that health care reform legislation supported by the president would benefit girls by requiring insurers to cover preventive screenings, like mammograms, and prohibiting insurers from denying coverage according to pre-existing conditions. The legislation also would limit out-of-pocket charges and prevent insurers from capping coverage, Obama stated, adding, “Because in this country, getting sick shouldn’t mean going bankrupt” (Swarns, “The Caucus,” New York Times, 10/23).
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