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Women’s groups are applauding the Institute of Medicine’s recent recommendations that all health insurers cover preventive services like contraception and annual visits at no cost. This overtly political “determination” goes hand in hand with the Affordable Care Act, which requires health plans to cover a wide variety of women’s services, determined by the Department of Health and Human Services.

It’s interesting that 40 years after the feminist movement, women on the left are the only ones still talking about women’s bodies. They are entirely focused on negotiating healthcare policies that address a woman’s reproductive tract and nothing else. Left out of the conversation is what these recommendations mean for our economy â€" and what that means for women.

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