Health Insurance for Women: How to Pick the Best Plan

Of single-parent households led by women, 92 percent have incomes below 400 percent of the federal poverty level, according to the National Women's Law Center. "Nearly 80 percent of all single-parent families are headed by women," adds Judy Waxman, NWLC vice president of health and reproductive rights. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, women who earn less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level will be eligible for Medicaid coverage, even if they have no children and are not pregnant