Is contraception a preventive health care service? Wear your “Trust Women” Silver Ribbon pin on July 20-22 if you think so.
An Institute on Medicine panel will recommend their findings on July 20 to the federal Department of Health and Human Services whether contraception should be covered under the Affordab;e Care Act for free, without co-payments or deductibles, like all other preventive services.
Join Ttust Women/Silver Ribbon Campaign partners at media events July 20-22. Wear your Silver Ribbon to show that you stand with the majority who trust women to make decisioms about our health.
From the IOM:
The report will be released at a one-hour public briefing starting at 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 20, in the First Amendment Room of the National Press Club, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Those who cannot attend may participate through a live audio webcast that will be posted on the IOM’s webpage (http://iom.edu/Activities/Women/PreventiveServicesWomen/2011-JUL-20.aspx) shortly before the event begins.
To register to attend the briefing in person, please use this link: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/589440/Report-Release-Clinical-Preventive-Services-for-Women.
To register for the audiocast, please use our separate online form, which can be found here: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/589502/Report-Release-AUDIOCAST-Clinical-Preventive-Services-for-Women.
Please direct all media/reporter calls about the report to: News Office – National Academies, (202)-334-2138<tel:%28202%29-334-2138> or onpi@nas.edu<mailto:onpi@nas.edu>.
See the IOM’s primary webpage, http://www.iom.edu/preventiveserviceswomen, which is a “one-stop shop” for the project. That webpage has links to past meetings, the upcoming public briefing, and will have future announcements and materials related to the project.