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For Immediate Release: June 23, 2009
Contact: Adrienne Ammerman or Mary Robbins, 202-588-5180
NWLC APPLAUDS HOUSE ON MOVING FORWARD WITH HEALTH CARE REFORM
(Washington, DC) The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) commends the House Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor Committees for releasing a strong discussion draft for health care reform. The following is a statement by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President of NWLC:
“The draft legislation released by the House takes critically important steps towards improving access to comprehensive, quality, affordable health care for women and their families.
“It confronts many of the particular obstacles faced by women in our current health care system, and would eliminate key discriminatory insurance industry practices that are especially harmful to women. It makes critical headway towards women’s ability to secure access to quality, affordable health care throughout their lives.
“This draft legislation is especially heartening to the thousands of health care advocates who will mobilize this week in Washington, DC to lobby for quality, affordable health care for all. It underscores that health care reform is achievable this year.
“The National Women’s Law Center looks forward to working with the Committees to ensure a strong bill, and to putting in place reforms that will provide all people with guaranteed access to quality, affordable, comprehensive health care.”
To learn more about NWLC’s work around women and health care reform, visit www.nwlc.org/reformmatters. To schedule an interview with Marcia Greenberger, contact Adrienne Ammerman at 202-588-5180 or aammerman@nwlc.org.
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The National Women's Law Center is a non-profit organization that has been working since 1972 to advance and protect women's legal rights. The Center focuses on major policy areas of importance to women and their families including economic security, education, employment and health, with special attention given to the concerns of low-income women. For more information on the Center, visit: www.nwlc.org.
