,,iv  #aae? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #bje  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,m>* #af1 #bjag ,mrs4 
,davis ( ,cali=nia submitt$ ! foll[+    
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ,en]gy & ,comm]ce  ,,resolution     
,express+ ! s5se ( ! ,h\se (            
,repres5tatives ) respect to ensur+ t   
wom5's heal? c>e "u curr5t law is       
pres]v$4  ,:]eas1 9 #bjjf1 #a 9 #e wom5 
( *ildbe>+ age lack$ heal? insurance    
cov]age1 a rate exce$+ t = all ,am]icans
 "u age #fe2 ,:]eas1 9 #bjjh1 only #ab  
p]c5t ( heal? insurance plans on !      
individual m>ket cov]$ mat]nity c>e2    
,:]eas1 9 #bjji1 ne>ly "o-?ird ( wom5   
report$ t !y ei!r lack$ heal? insurance 
cov]age or 7 9 transition betwe5 types (
 cov]age ar\nd ! "t ( pregnancy2 ,:]eas 
un9sur$ pregnant wom5 are less likely to
 seek pr5atal c>e dur+ ! fir/ trime/] or
 receive ! optimal numb] ( visits dur+  
_! pregnancy1 & h a #ca p]c5t high]     
likelihood ( exp]i5c+ an adv]se heal?   
outcome aft] giv+ bir?2 ,:]eas          

inadequate use ( pr5atal c>e is         
associat$ ) increas$ risks ( l[ bir?    
weight infants1 pret]m bir?s1 neonatal  
mortality1 infant mortality1 & mat]nal  
mortality2 ,:]eas e #a sp5t on pr5atal  
c>e saves #c4ch1 prim>ily 9 r$uc$ sp5d+ 
= l[ bir? weight & pret]m infants2      
,:]eas1 prior to ! enactm5t ( curr5t    
law1 a #be-ye>-old woman c\ld pay z mu* 
z #ha p]c5t m ?an a man = id5tical heal?
 insurance cov]age1 a practice t co/    
wom5 approximately #a billion annually2 
,:]eas un9sur$ wom5 ) brea/ canc] are   
#cj to #ej p]c5t m likely to die f !    
disease2 ,:]eas un9sur$ noneld]ly wom5  
are ?ree times less likely to h _h a    
,pap te/ )9 ! la/ ?ree ye>s1 ) a #fj    
p]c5t great] risk ( a late-/age c]vical 
canc] diagnosis2 ,:]eas m ?an #ee       
million wom5 ) private heal? insurance  
curr5tly h access to cov]age ) no co/   
%>+ ( evid5ce-bas$ prev5tive s]vices1   
includ+ brea/ & c]vical canc] scre5+1   
brea/fe$+ s]vices & supplies1           
contraception & contraceptive c\nsel+1  

scre5+ = int]p]sonal & dome/ic viol5ce1 
c\nsel+ = sexually transmitt$           
infections1 scre5+ = human              
immunodefici5cy virus infection1 scre5+ 
= ge/ational diabetes1 & well-woman     
prev5tive visits2 ,:]eas1 aft] !        
enactm5t ( curr5t law1 wom5 sav$ #a4d   
billion on out-(-pocket co/s =          
contraceptives 9 j "o ye>2 ,:]eas wom5 9
 all #ej ,/ates & ! ,unit$ ,/ates       
t]ritories no long] ne$ a ref]ral to see
 _! ob-gyn provid]2 ,:]eas r\ghly #fe   
million wom5 ) pre-exi/+ conditions1    
includ+ a prior ,ces>ean section or a   
hi/ory ( dome/ic viol5ce1 c no long] be 
d5i$ heal? insurance cov]age2 ,:]eas    
#ci4e million wom5 are no long] subject 
to lifetime cov]age limits t previ\sly  
left ^? ) s]i\s heal? conditions        
vuln]able to los+ heal? insurance       
cov]age mid-treatm5t2 & ,:]eas wom5 are 
no long] subject to wait+ p]iods rang+ f
 n9e mon?s to two ye>s = access to      
mat]nity c>e & o!r heal? c>e3 ,n[1      
!re=e1 be x ,t x is ! s5se ( ! ,h\se (  

,repres5tatives t our ,nation's heal?   
c>e sy/em %\ld cont9ue to provide heal? 
insurance cov]age = fundam5tal elem5ts (
 wom5's heal? c>e1 includ+--  7#a7      
cov]age = mat]nity c>e = all wom5 "u all
 heal? insurance plans2  7#b7 cov]age ) 
no co/ %>+ ( evid5ce-bas$ prev5tive c>e 
& s]vices1 includ+--  7,a7 brea/ canc]  
scre5+ = av]age-risk wom52  7,b7        
brea/fe$+ s]vices & supplies2  7,c7     
scre5+ = c]vical canc]2  7,d7           
contraception & contraceptive c\nsel+2  
7,e7 scre5+ = ge/ational diabetes2  7,f7
 scre5+ = human immunodefici5cy virus2  
7,g7 scre5+ = int]p]sonal & dome/ic     
viol5ce2  7,h7 c\nsel+ = sexually       
transmitt$ infections2 &  7,i7          
well-woman prev5tive visits2  7#c7      
direct access to ob-gyn c>e2  7#d7      
prohibition aga9/ pre-exi/+ condition   
exclusions2  7#e7 no g5d] rat+2  7#f7 no
 annual or lifetime limits or           
rescissions2 &  7#g7 no excessive wait+ 
p]iods = access to heal? c>e4