Health Insurance

Women have long faced unfair and discriminatory health insurance practices, including charging women more than men for the same coverage. As new health care reform laws are implemented, we're working to ensure that women can find and afford the insurance they need.

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Webinars & Presentations | Webinar on Women’s Preventive Services in the Affordable Care Act

August 09, 2013

The National Women's Law Center held a webinar on Women’s Preventative Services in the Affordable Care Act.

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Fact Sheet | State Bans on Insurance Coverage of Abortion Endanger Women’s Health and Take Health Benefits Away from Women

August 05, 2013

The health care law goes a long way toward improving women’s health and addressing the discrimination women have faced in the health insurance market. Unfortunately however, the health care law explicitly allows states to pass laws banning private insurance coverage of abortion in any exchange set up in their state.  State politicians who want abortion to be illegal have wasted no time pushing bans on insurance coverage of abortion, making abortion unaffordable and interfering with a woman’s ability to make her own health care decisions.

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Fact Sheet | The D.C. Abortion Coverage Ban Threatens Women's Health

July 16, 2013

The District of Columbia—unlike any of the fifty states—is currently barred from using its local funds to provide abortion services for low-income women. This ban prohibits D.C. from deciding how to spend its own revenue and threatens the health of its residents.

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Fact Sheet | Breastfeeding and the Health Care Law

July 09, 2013

The health care law takes significant steps in making breastfeeding more accessible and affordable for millions of Americans. Breastfeeding mothers can now access breastfeeding supplies and lactation support with no additional cost, and working mothers are now guaranteed a private space to pump milk.

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Reports & Toolkits | Reform Matters: What Advocates Need to Know

May 28, 2013

Reform Matters 

Women's advocates can play an integral role in making sure that health reform plans address women-specific needs and the challenges that women face in the health care system. Building on the National Women's Law Center's longstanding work on womenÌs health and health care coverage, Reform Matters provides the resources women's advocates need to be full participants in the health care reform movement and policy debates at the state and national levels.

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