Eesha Pandit: Top five ways health reform is helping women and their families

  Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and yesterday advocates were celebrating the health care reform law’s advantages for women.

  This past year, however, many of the law’s improvements in insurance coverage were overshadowed by attacks on the Affordable Care Act and on women’s reproductive health care coverage. The criticisms have left many women confused about what health reform means for them. Simply put, the law is working for women, our families, and our communities. But, the fight for women’s access to comprehensive reproductive health care in health reform is ongoing, and there are other important issues that still need our voices.