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 | Stop Stupak Now

January 10, 2010

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Webinars & Presentations | 2009 Reform Matters Conference Call Agendas

December 31, 2009

This resource links to the materials for each of the Reform Matters conference calls held in 2009.

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Reports & Toolkits | Still Nowhere to Turn: Insurance Companies Treat Women Like a Pre-Existing Condition

October 09, 2009

The update from our groundbreaking 2008 report shows that things have remained abysmal for women in the individual health insurance market. The report provides sobering new data about the inequities that women continue to face in the broken health system.

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Webinars & Presentations | Being a Woman Is Not a Pre-Existing Condition

October 09, 2009

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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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