Why Women Must Lead the Fight for Health Care Reform
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on May 15th, 2009 in Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles.
Did you know that it is still legal in nine states for insurers to reject applicants who are survivors of domestic violence?
Or that
* less than 50% of women can get employer-based health insurance and even when they work for an employee that offers coverage, one in six is not eligible to take it, often because they are part-time workers;
* a 22 year-old woman can be changed one and a half times more than a 22 year-old man in the individual insurance market;
* more than 50% of women have delayed care due to cost;
* state and federal laws that protect individuals with employer-sponsored insurance do not apply to health insurance sold in the individual market. These include anti-discrimination protections in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, as well as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)…
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