automatically mean that people will actually use some of the preventive offerings? well, that s the point. the scientists that came up with this list feel that these are the kind of services that women should take advantage of because they will be healthier and have healthy families and be able to keep their families healthier if they take the services up. so any payment up front is a deterrent to taking up these services. there are many studies jenna: well, and if i could, let me get sally in on this. sally, is there a comparable list for men so there is preventive services out there because of the health care law where men don t have to offer a co-pay, and they get some services that they didn t previously have? well, under the law, as i mentioned back in september 11, there are a number of things that are covered under preventive services including free prostate, the ps the prostate test, psa test for men.
to obtain preventive health services, eight new services without an extra co-pay. meaning that you don t have to pay extra the day you receive the service. jenna: so your insurance company pays for it still, that s why it s not free, but you just don t have to offer the additional co-pay, do i have that right? that is correct. jenna: okay, i just wanted to make sure. sally, what do you see the effect of this being? i think it s going to add to the cost of health care. the cbo has said the free services which came into effect in september 2011 and now today s law going into effect, i think it s going to push the cost of health care up. and, um, i think that s bad. it s bad for business. we re in a recession. we want employers to have the flexibility to provide the kind of health care that they think is best for their employees. and this mandate, i think, is moving away from that. and one wonders what will the ultimate impact be of this federal law on adding additional
contraception and also coming as well for pregnant women or women that are postpartum, for example, they re going to have access for counseling and equipment needed for breast-feeding, all of that for free when they go to their doctor s office. judy waxman is with the national women s law center and sally pipes is president and ceo for pacific research institute. nice to have you both with us today. thank you. nice to be here. jenna: judy, you worked on this law, you gave some input into it. just tell us how this is actually applied. today if someone wants to go to their doctor and wants to get birth control, for example, do they just automatically get it for free? no. first of all, none of it is for free. the new services for women that plans will have to cover will be rolled out. so starting today as the health insurance from your company renews or becomes a new plan, at that point then you will be able
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