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Affordable Care Act Provides Free Checkups, Gyno Care and More

Thanks to President Obama’s Affordable Care Act—which the Supreme Court found constitutional in June—all insurers are required to provide women with several new health services with no additional co-pays or costs, effective August 1, 2012.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the new mandate for women’s preventive services and discussed how the Affordable Care Act is making prevention of illness affordable and accessible for ev