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 | The Rubio Bill Would Allow Any Employer to Take Away Women’s Insurance Coverage of Contraception, Harming the Health of Women and Their Families

February 09, 2012

The Rubio Bill, S. 2043, introduced in the Senate in January 2012, allows any corporation of any type, any other entity of any type, or any individual to refuse to provide contraceptive coverage and services to their employees on the basis of religious beliefs.  Called the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012,” it would take away the right of millions of women to have any insurance coverage for contraception, based on an employer or health plan’s religious beliefs – whether affiliated or not with any religious entity.

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Webinars & Presentations | February 2012 Reform Matters Webinar Agenda

February 08, 2012

The February 2012 Reform Matters Webinar will be a discussion about the roles of agents, brokers and navigators in the health insurance exchanges.

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Fact Sheet | NWLC Letter to Secretary Sebelius: Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight

February 02, 2012

On December 16, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a bulletin outlining their plans to implement the Essential Health Benefits provision of the Affordable Care Act.

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Fact Sheet | Letter to Secretary Sebelius: Inclusion of Preventive Services in Medicaid Expansion Benchmarks and Basic Health Plans

January 19, 2012

Dear Secretary Sebelius:

The undersigned organizations, representing millions of health care consumers, patients and providers, applaud the Administration’s commitment to ensuring access to preventive health benefits as promised in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P. L. 111-148), known as the Affordable Care Act.

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Webinars & Presentations | January 2012 Reform Matters Conference Call Agenda

January 11, 2012

The January 2012 Reform Matters Call focused on the recently released Essential Health Benefits Bulletin. This resource contains the agenda and materials for the call.

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