The report finds that under the ACA the uninsured rate for black people fell by 50 percent, and in a majority of states over 80 percent of women of color between ages 18 and 64 now have insurance. Black women are more likely than others to suffer from pre-existing conditions that would have disqualified them from insurance coverage before the ACA.
The report also argues that under a Republican healthcare bill, defunding of Medicaid and Planned Parenthood would disproportionately affect black people and black women in particular.
“This new administration-backed bill is dangerous to black women and our families and would have a devastating, long-term impact on women of color’s health, economic security, and progress. It is an attack on Reproductive Justice ,” the report says.
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