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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe word women literally never appears in the US Senates 142-page health-care bill
The words maternal or maternity never appear in the bill.
Pregnancy is only mentioned in relation to abortion and work requirements, except in one instance, in listing what Medicaid flexibility programs, which give states more control of Medicaid resources, should cover:
Pregnancy-related services, including postpartum services for the 12-week period beginning on the last day of a pregnancy.
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The bill will allow states to decide that people who receive medical assistance need to work in order to qualify, and lays out some rules on those work requirements on page 50. Pregnant women and brand-new mothers cannot be required to work, but the requirement kicks in two months after birth.
States administering a work requirement under this subsection may not apply such requirement to (A) a woman during pregnancy through the end of the month in which the 60-day period (beginning on the last day of her pregnancy) ends.
https://qz.com/1013409/the-senate-health-care-bill-literally-omits-women-and-mothers-except-to-talk-about-abortion-or-work-requirements/
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Cha
(297,290 posts)who wrote it have already exposed who they are.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)simply get yourself elected to Congress, where you'll be exempt from the rules.
Easy, right?
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)That's what they want the majority of the population to be isn't it? The good 'ol days.
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)We are not worthy of being nothing more than a incubator.
pansypoo53219
(20,978 posts)sheshe2
(83,788 posts)I am shocked, shocked I tell you that women were NOT ONCE mentioned in their Health Care For Menz Bill!
Roy Rolling
(6,917 posts)As an old white guy, Here's an angle. These morons who craft a bill without women's input are mysoginyst as a secondary condition.
First, they are weak men. Unable to be recognized as mentally or physically superior, they bully women (and other men). And like bullies, they are really weak. So now these weak men, unable to control their own lives, are in charge of the Senate.
Your allies against these weak men are empathetic and powerful men, who think the same way as women here---"this is bullshit!"
And as much, if not more, we've seen these guys all our lives and do not feel weakened by paying a little more in taxes to have women, children, men, and poor people live a healthier life.
central scrutinizer
(11,650 posts)For all women and will be excluded
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)and "wandering womb". Maybe just come out and use the term "weaker sex" instead of "women".
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)does not mention women. Isn't that the tradition in the Republican party?