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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Fact Sheet | Repealing the Affordable Care Act Will Hurt Women

January 07, 2011

This factsheet looks at how repealing the Affordable Care Act would hurt women.

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Webinars & Presentations | Making the Grade on Women's Health 2010 Webinar

December 09, 2010

This resource contains the slides from the Making the Grade on Women's Health 2010 webinar.

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Fact Sheet | Guaranteeing Contraceptive Coverage In All New Health Insurance Plans

November 18, 2010

A factsheet on guaranteeing contraceptive coverage as a preventive service for women through the Affordable Care Act.

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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Testimony by Judy Waxman, Before the Institute of Medicine Committee on Preventive Services for Women

November 16, 2010

Testimony of Judy Waxman before the Institute of Medicine's panel on what women's preventive services to include at no-cost sharing in all new health plans as defined by the Affordable Care Act.

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Fact Sheet | Does Your Nonprofit Qualify for the Small Business Health Insurance Tax Credit?

November 15, 2010

Even if your tax-exempt organization does not owe any income taxes, it may benefit from the small business health insurance tax credit included in the new health care law.  When your nonprofit files its tax return in 2011, it may be eligible for a refundable credit against payroll taxes or income taxes withheld between January 1 and December 31, 2010.

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