Women Workers Need the Affordable Care Act—and More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down the mandatory coverage requirement of the Affordable Care Act yesterday, instructing a lower court to decide if the rest of the legislation can remain in force. The decision to remove the mandatory insurance coverage requirement imperils the future of the ACA, and is a blow to working people—especially low-wage workers.

Women and communities of color are especially at risk to suffer if the ACA is dismantled, because we already suffer disparities in our ability to access health care services: , and the ACA made health insurance available to many of those women and their families. Hundreds of supporters of the Affordable Care Act rallied on the steps of the Supreme Court as the Court heard oral arguments inElected officials should be working to make health care more accessible — instead of attacking a program that helps to provide health care coverage to

I hope this doesn't happen!

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