{"id":51446,"date":"2017-03-22T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-statement-of-stacey-d-stewart-president-march-of-dimes-on-house-consideration-of-the-american-health-care-act\/"},"modified":"2017-03-22T12:48:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:48:03","slug":"declaraciones-de-stacey-d-stewart-presidenta-de-march-of-dimes-sobre-la-consideracion-del-parlamento-de-la-ley-de-cuidado-de-la-salud-estadounidense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/declaraciones-de-stacey-d-stewart-presidenta-de-march-of-dimes-sobre-la-consideracion-del-parlamento-de-la-ley-de-cuidado-de-la-salud-estadounidense\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of Stacey D. Stewart, President, March of Dimes on House consideration of The American Health Care Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 21, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The March of Dimes released the following statement from President <span class=\"xn-person\">Stacey D. Stewart<\/span> on the American Health Care Act (AHCA), legislation that will be taken up by the House of Representatives this week:<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg76bcleft\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg76bcleft\" title=\"March of Dimes Foundation Logo \" border=\"0\" alt=\"March of Dimes Foundation Logo \" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/197662\/modlogo_rgb_2_logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Women, children and families need quality, affordable health coverage to lead healthy, productive lives. Unfortunately, in its current form, <b>the American Health Care Act will deny millions of pregnant women and their families the affordable coverage and quality services they need.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<b>The American Health Care Act fails to meet one critical test of success by causing significant coverage losses.<\/b> The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that 14 million people will lose or drop coverage in the first year after passage, and 24 million within a decade. This would include many women of childbearing age and children who need access to vital health services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<b>In the individual market, critical consumer protections will also vanish.<\/b> For example, insurers will be able to place onerous conditions on coverage for anyone who did not maintain consistent coverage for any reason, including \u00a0people with pre-existing conditions. This would almost certainly result in higher rates for pregnant women or children with complex medical conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every year, preterm birth costs our nation over <span class=\"xn-money\">$26 billion<\/span>.\u00a0 An infant born preterm costs an average of 10 times more than an infant born without complications. Other adverse birth outcomes increase that cost further.\u00a0 Our nation cannot afford to put in place policies that make it more difficult for women to get the coverage and services they need to have healthy pregnancies and healthy babies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<b>The AHCA&#8217;s proposal to repeal the Medicaid expansion would leave millions of low-income women of childbearing age without access to care.<\/b>\u00a0 Medicaid coverage offers these women a critical opportunity to get healthy before they get pregnant.\u00a0 Even if they qualify after becoming pregnant, women may receive inadequate services because states will no longer be required to cover maternity and newborn care. Women, infants, and communities will bear the long-term cost if prenatal care is shortchanged and more babies are born sick as a result.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The March of Dimes urges the House of Representatives to reconsider this legislation. We would welcome the opportunity to work collaboratively with policymakers to achieve our mutual goals of ensuring better, more affordable coverage for all Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>About March of Dimes <\/i><\/b><b><i><br \/><\/i><\/b>The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. For more than 75 years, moms and babies have benefited from March of Dimes research, education, vaccines, and breakthroughs. <\/p>\n<p>For the latest resources and health information, visit our websites <a href=\"http:\/\/marchofdimes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">marchofdimes.org<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/nacersano.marchofdimes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">nacersano.org<\/a>. To participate in our annual signature fundraising event, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marchforbabies.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">marchforbabies.org<\/a>.\u00a0If you have been affected by prematurity or birth defects, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/share.marchofdimes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shareyourstory.org<\/a> community to find comfort and support. For detailed national, state and local perinatal statistics, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/marchofdimes.org\/peristats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">persistats.org<\/a>. You can also find us on <a href=\"http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1lNRI8K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> or follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1qlIXEX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/197662\/modlogo_rgb_2_logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/197662\/modlogo_rgb_2_logo.jpg<\/a>\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 21, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The March of Dimes released the following statement from President <span class=\"xn-person\">Stacey D. 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