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 | November 2010 Reform Matters Conference Call Materials

November 10, 2010

This resource contains the agenda and materials for the November 2010 Reform Matters Conference Call. On this call, we discussed California's new legislation to implement the Affordable Care Act and provided an update on the process to develop a list of recommended women’s preventive services and screenings eligible for no-cost sharing.

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| Reform Matters Conference Call Series

November 05, 2010

NWLC convenes monthly conversations among women's health care and reproductive rights advocates to focus on health care reform policy at the state and federal levels, provide an on-going forum to learn from one another, and share experiences and questions that have come up in addressing various health care reform proposals. Calls take place the second Thursday of every month.

 

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Webinars & Presentations | October 2010 Reform Matters Conference Call Materials

October 14, 2010

This resource contains the agenda for the October 2010 Reform Matters Conference Call, as well as other materials pertaining to this month's call topic- Engaging in Implementation of the Health Care Law at the State Level.

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Fact Sheet | Women's Health Insurance 2009: A Snapshot of Health Insurance Data from the U.S. Census Bureau

October 13, 2010

This factsheet provides a snapshot of women's health insurance coverage through data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau

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Fact Sheet | I'm a woman who... is uninsured/has a pre-existing condition/gets insurance through an employer/etc.

September 24, 2010

This set of factsheets address particular groups of women and helps them learn how the new health care law will impact them on an individual level.

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