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 | NWLC Joins Women Senators to Highlight Women & Health Reform

September 30, 2009

On September 30, 2009, NWLC Co-President, Marcia Greenberger, joined Senators Barbara Mikulski, Amy Klobuchar, Jeanne Shaheen, and Kay Hagan at a press conference with women’s advocates to discuss how health insurance reform will improve women’s access to quality health care. She gave a statement highlighting the importance of what women have at stake in health care reform.

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Legal Briefs & Testimony | Letter to Senator Max Baucus, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee Re: The America's Healthy Future Act

September 22, 2009
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Fact Sheet | Financing Health Care Reform and Improving Tax Fairness: A Surcharge on the Wealthiest Taxpayers

August 15, 2009

America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (H.R. 3200), would expand access to affordable, comprehensive health care coverage and would offset the cost through a combination of spending reductions, insurance market reforms, and a surcharge on the very wealthy.

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Fact Sheet | Reform Matters Facts and Figures

August 15, 2009
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Fact Sheet | Health Reform: Women Don't Want to Wait

June 09, 2009
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