How Health Reform May Affect Victims of Domestic, Sexual, and Dating Violence
By making health care affordable and easier to obtain, health reform allows victims of violence and abuse to have access to services that would treat their abuse and many of the resulting conditions of that abuse before they worsen. In the new health care reform law, victims of violence and abuse were specifically included in several new protections and programs, and the new law also opens the door to integrating violence and abuse prevention into public health programs, research priorities, and adolescent health initiatives. To learn more about the opportunities for advocates and providers, click here.
