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 | Health Reform: An Opportunity to Address Health Disparities Among Women

June 09, 2008
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Fact Sheet | Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans: The Wrong Answer to Women's Health Care Needs

June 09, 2008
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Fact Sheet | Mandated Insurance Benefit Laws: Important Health Protections for Women and Their Families

June 09, 2008
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Fact Sheet | National Partnership for Women & Families: Ensuring Quality Health Care in Health Reform

June 09, 2008
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Reports & Toolkits | Nowhere to Turn: How the Individual Health Insurance Market Fails Women

June 09, 2008

Many Americans are unfamiliar with the harsh realities of the individual health insurance market because they receive health insurance through an employer. However, as a number of prominent health care reform proposals consider expanding the role of the individual market, it is important to understand how this system fails women.

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