ABMAF Stacey Stout Survivor Ad Fact Check

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BREAST CANCER
SURVIVOR:

As a breast cancer survivor I
know that mammograms can
save womens lives.

Thats why Im so worried
about politician Stacey Stout.


Stout would join Republicans
who voted to allow insurance
companies






To deny coverage for
mammograms




And even maternity care





Breast Cancer Survivor
on camera
Graphic: Lisa Kleingarn


Breast Cancer Survivor
reading with kids


Woman having
Mammogram
Graphic: Stacey Stout: Tea
Party Agenda: Deny
Coverage for
Mammograms
Source: House Journal
4640, 05/18/11

Breast Cancer Survivor
on camera




Pregnant woman at
doctor
Graphic Stacey Stout: Tea
Party Agenda: Deny
Coverage for Maternity
Care
Source: Center for
American Progress, May
2012













House Republicans Voted for the 2011
Health and Human Services Omnibus
Bill.
On May 18, 2011, House Republicans voted
to pass SF 760, the 2011 health and human
services omnibus bill. [SF 760, House
Journal 4640, 05/18/11]

SF 760 States That No Provisions Of
The Affordable Care Act May Be
Implemented. The Conference
Committee Report for SF 760, the 2011
omnibus healthcare finance bill, as passed
by both chambers, included language
prohibiting the state from implementing the
ACA:

State funds must not
be expended in the
planning or
implementation of the
Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act,
Public Law 111-148,
as amended by the
Health Care and
Education
Affordability and
Reconciliation Act of
2010, Public Law
111-152, and no
provisions of the act
may be
implemented, until
the constitutionality
of the act has been
affirmed by the
United States
Supreme Court. [SF
760, 05/17/11]

The Affordable Care Act Prevents
Insurance Companies From Denying
Coverage
The Center for American Progress report
Women and Obamacare: Whats at Stake
for Women if the Supreme Court Strikes
Down the Affordable Care Act states:
Thanks to Obamacare, more than 45 million
women have already have taken advantage
of recommended preventive services,
including mammograms, pap smears,
prenatal care, well-baby care, and well-child
care with no cost sharing such as co-pays
and deductibles. [Center for American
Progress, May 2012]
This Tea Party plan would take
us back to the days when
insurance companies forced
women to pay more than men




For life saving cancer
screenings
Woman talking with
doctor
Graphic: Stacey Stout: Tea
Party Agenda: Women Pay
More for Insurance
Source: Center for
American Progress, May
2012

Breast Cancer Survivor
on camera
The Affordable Care Act Prevents
Insurance Companies From Charging
Women More.
The Center for American Progress report
Women and Obamacare: Whats at Stake
for Women if the Supreme Court Strikes
Down the Affordable Care Act states:
In addition, women will no longer
encounter discrimination in the health
insurance market in the form of lost
maternity coverage, higher premiums due to
their gender, and denials of coverage for
gender-related pre-existing conditions.
[Center for American Progress, May 2012]
Stacey Stout has the wrong
priorities for Minnesota.

Breast cancer survivor
with her family
Graphic: Stacey Stout:

Wrong for Minnesota

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NOTE:

Minnesota state law prohibits insurance companies to deny or charge more for coverage based on
gender [Minnesota Statutes 62A.306; 62A.041; 62Q.52; 62A.30]; however, those laws do not
apply to private, or self-insured, plans.

Self-insured health plans are subject to ERISA and regulated exclusively by the federal
government. [Minnesota Attorney Generals Office, Nov. 2012] Therefore, self-insured plans are
not subject to state benefit mandates, such as the Minnesota statutes listed above.
[mn.gov/commerce/, accessed 07/23/14]

2.1 million Minnesotans had self-insured plans in June 2014, representing 39.4% of the
population. [SHADAC, June 2014]

Private insurance coverage of mammograms and maternity care and prohibition against premium
variation with regard to gender were provisions of the Affordable Care Act. [PPACA 1201;
Epstein, Becker & Green P.C., 2010; www.healthcare.gov: Preventive Services Covered Under
the Affordable Care Act, accessed 09/12/12; www.healthcare.gov: Essential Health Benefits,
accessed 09/12/12]

In conclusion, if Minnesota banned implementation of the Affordable Care Act, individual, small
business and public health plans would be subject to Minnesota statute and prohibited from
discriminating based on gender. Self-insured plans, which make up a sizable amount of the
population, would not.