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End Gender Discrimination in Health Insurance Coverage
Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: SEIU
Sponsored by: SEIU
Through the process known as "gender rating," insurers can charge women higher premiums. This process is not only discriminatory, it is illegal in 10 states!
On top of pricing disparities, insurance companies have found other ways to make money at the expense of American women. For example, many insurers refuse to cover "elective" procedures... like giving birth! Others consider domestic violence and rape victims to have a "pre-existing condition" and deny them coverage. The list goes on, but the trend is crystal clear.
These are not isolated incidents but policies put in place by the insurance companies to maximize profits. When it comes to health care, women in America deserve to be protected from these outrageous policies!
Sign the petition to Congress urging them pass a health insurance reform bill that forbids insurance companies from discriminating against women.
On top of pricing disparities, insurance companies have found other ways to make money at the expense of American women. For example, many insurers refuse to cover "elective" procedures... like giving birth! Others consider domestic violence and rape victims to have a "pre-existing condition" and deny them coverage. The list goes on, but the trend is crystal clear.
These are not isolated incidents but policies put in place by the insurance companies to maximize profits. When it comes to health care, women in America deserve to be protected from these outrageous policies!
Sign the petition to Congress urging them pass a health insurance reform bill that forbids insurance companies from discriminating against women.
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# 11,421:
8:58 pm PST, Feb 9,
Orion Hudgins, California
# 11,420:
8:47 pm PST, Feb 9,
Ketmany Saycocie, Illinois
# 11,419:
7:51 pm PST, Feb 9,
Jeanne Jacbowitz, New York
# 11,418:
7:50 pm PST, Feb 9,
David Neargardner, Colorado
# 11,417:
6:55 pm PST, Feb 9,
Alice Barsony, North Carolina
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6:29 pm PST, Feb 9,
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# 11,415:
5:53 pm PST, Feb 9,
Cathy Kramer, Illinois
# 11,414:
4:54 pm PST, Feb 9,
Dawn DiBlasi, Maine
# 11,413:
4:40 pm PST, Feb 9,
Melanie Sinclair, Texas
Inequality must END!
Inequality must END!
# 11,412:
3:01 pm PST, Feb 9,
Catherine Brower, California
# 11,411:
12:09 pm PST, Feb 9,
Celia Graham, Alabama
# 11,410:
11:46 am PST, Feb 9,
Heather Wuerthner, Pennsylvania
# 11,409:
10:56 am PST, Feb 9,
Angela Lujan, Colorado
# 11,408:
9:19 am PST, Feb 9,
Barbara Matthiessen, Washington
# 11,407:
9:12 am PST, Feb 9,
Elaine Baly, Massachusetts
# 11,406:
8:51 am PST, Feb 9,
Breanna Kreidermacher, Minnesota
# 11,405:
5:03 am PST, Feb 9,
Dianne Hillier, United Kingdom
'With the Medicine Buddha mantra you can liberate numberless sentient beings from oceans of suffering and bring them to enlightenment.' - Lama Zopa. Tayata Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha BeKanze Radza Samudgate Soha In the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra, the Medicine Buddha is described as having entered into a state of samadhi called "Eliminating All the Suffering and Afflictions of Sentient Beings." From this samadhi state he spoke the Medicine Buddha Dharani.[1] namo bhagavate bhaiṣajyaguru vaiḍūryaprabharājāya tathāgatāya arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā: oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajya-samudgate svāhā. The last line of the dharani is used as the Medicine Buddha's mantra. Medicine Buddha Sutra, as a bodhisattva who made 12 great vows. On achieving Buddhahood, he became the Buddha of the eastern realm of Vaidūryanirbhāsa, or "Pure Lapis Lazuli". The Twelve Vows of the Medicine Buddha upon attaining Enlightenment, according to the Medicine Buddha Sutra[1] are: To illuminate countless realms with his radiance, enabling anyone to become a Buddha just like him. To awaken the minds of sentient beings through his light of lapis lazuli. To provide the sentient beings with whatever material needs they require. To correct heretical views and inspire beings toward the path of the Bodhisattva. To help beings follow the Moral Precepts, even if they failed before. To heal beings born with deformities, illness or other physical sufferings. To help relieve the destitute and the sick. To help women who wish to be reborn as men achieve their desired rebirth. To help heal mental afflictions and delusions. To help the oppressed be free from suffering. To relieve those who suffer from terrible hunger and thirst. To help clothe those who are destitute and suffering from cold and mosquitoes.
'With the Medicine Buddha mantra you can liberate numberless sentient beings from oceans of suffering and bring them to enlightenment.' - Lama Zopa. Tayata Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha BeKanze Radza Samudgate Soha In the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra, the Medicine Buddha is described as having entered into a state of samadhi called "Eliminating All the Suffering and Afflictions of Sentient Beings." From this samadhi state he spoke the Medicine Buddha Dharani.[1] namo bhagavate bhaiṣajyaguru vaiḍūryaprabharājāya tathāgatāya arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā: oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajya-samudgate svāhā. The last line of the dharani is used as the Medicine Buddha's mantra. Medicine Buddha Sutra, as a bodhisattva who made 12 great vows. On achieving Buddhahood, he became the Buddha of the eastern realm of Vaidūryanirbhāsa, or "Pure Lapis Lazuli". The Twelve Vows of the Medicine Buddha upon attaining Enlightenment, according to the Medicine Buddha Sutra[1] are: To illuminate countless realms with his radiance, enabling anyone to become a Buddha just like him. To awaken the minds of sentient beings through his light of lapis lazuli. To provide the sentient beings with whatever material needs they require. To correct heretical views and inspire beings toward the path of the Bodhisattva. To help beings follow the Moral Precepts, even if they failed before. To heal beings born with deformities, illness or other physical sufferings. To help relieve the destitute and the sick. To help women who wish to be reborn as men achieve their desired rebirth. To help heal mental afflictions and delusions. To help the oppressed be free from suffering. To relieve those who suffer from terrible hunger and thirst. To help clothe those who are destitute and suffering from cold and mosquitoes.
# 11,404:
10:59 pm PST, Feb 8,
Gwendolyn Mims, North Carolina
Stop this maddness! Stop the female discrimination!
Stop this maddness! Stop the female discrimination!
# 11,403:
9:55 pm PST, Feb 8,
PAMELA FURIA, California
# 11,402:
5:53 pm PST, Feb 8,
Mark Lungo, Ohio
# 11,401:
3:29 pm PST, Feb 8,
Marylue Perez, California
# 11,400:
11:18 am PST, Feb 8,
Kathryn Boulet, California
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11:06 am PST, Feb 8,
Sonia Stanton, Washington
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10:14 am PST, Feb 8,
Nancy Zorn, Oklahoma
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8:57 am PST, Feb 8,
Donna Vandunk, New York
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8:02 am PST, Feb 8,
Hector Brito, Texas
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7:40 am PST, Feb 8,
Claudia Rosas, Texas
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7:37 am PST, Feb 8,
Megan Cutler, California
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7:28 am PST, Feb 8,
Christina Schmidt, Texas
# 11,392:
5:04 am PST, Feb 8,
Hernan Ricardo Carrasco, Virginia
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12:32 am PST, Feb 8,
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# 11,390:
9:29 pm PST, Feb 7,
Diana Fuller, Texas
# 11,389:
8:54 pm PST, Feb 7,
Dara Schlick, Colorado
# 11,388:
5:47 pm PST, Feb 7,
L Walters, Virginia
# 11,387:
2:52 pm PST, Feb 7,
Carolyn Crawford, Georgia
# 11,386:
2:32 pm PST, Feb 7,
Destiny Sherry, Georgia
# 11,385:
1:57 pm PST, Feb 7,
Angela Rose, Virginia
Dear Members of Congress: It has recently come to my attention that women in America are paying 30 to 40 percent more than men for health insurance. Because this practice illegal in only ten states, the vast majority of women nationwide are being discriminated against by insurance companies simply because they're a woman. Consumers deserve to be protected from policies like this one. I hope you agree. It's time we stood up to insurance companies and passed real health insurance reform. Sincerely, Angela
Dear Members of Congress: It has recently come to my attention that women in America are paying 30 to 40 percent more than men for health insurance. Because this practice illegal in only ten states, the vast majority of women nationwide are being discriminated against by insurance companies simply because they're a woman. Consumers deserve to be protected from policies like this one. I hope you agree. It's time we stood up to insurance companies and passed real health insurance reform. Sincerely, Angela
# 11,384:
1:03 pm PST, Feb 7,
Sherrie Estes, Kentucky
Step up and be fair. This practice is unjust and uncalled for. Please help stop this un fair treatment of American women!
Step up and be fair. This practice is unjust and uncalled for. Please help stop this un fair treatment of American women!
# 11,383:
10:35 am PST, Feb 7,
Teresa Parker, Oregon
# 11,382:
10:29 am PST, Feb 7,
Daithi O'Murichu, Ireland
# 11,381:
10:25 am PST, Feb 7,
Rolando Arafiles, Texas
# 11,380:
9:29 am PST, Feb 7,
Denise Anderson, California
I have experienced this first hand. Who cares what gender you are. Are you saying that men never get sick? Total descrimination. What happen to what our for fathers put in place?
I have experienced this first hand. Who cares what gender you are. Are you saying that men never get sick? Total descrimination. What happen to what our for fathers put in place?
# 11,379:
9:20 am PST, Feb 7,
Sheri Downs, Arkansas
# 11,378:
9:16 am PST, Feb 7,
Jessica Dijkstra, Michigan
# 11,377:
9:09 am PST, Feb 7,
Steve Hernandez, California
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7:06 am PST, Feb 7,
Lynna Mustapha, Malaysia
Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā - Tara, whose name means "star" or "she who ferries across," is a Bodhisattva of compassion who manifests in female form. "She Who Saves." In particular she represents compassion in action, since she’s in the process of stepping from her lotus throne in order to help sentient beings. 1. Tāre represents salvation from mundane dangers and suffering. Tara is seem as a savioress who can give aid from material threats such as floods, crime, wild animals, and traffic accidents. Tara is therefore said to protect against ordinary worldly dangers. 2. Tuttāre represents deliverance into the spiritual path conceived in terms of individual salvation. In traditional terms, this is the path of the Arhant, which leads to individual liberation from suffering. This is seen in Mahayana Buddhism as a kind of enlightenment in which compassion does not figure strongly. Tara therefore offers individual protection from the spiritual dangers of greed, hatred, and delusion: the three factors that cause us individual suffering. 3. Lastly, ture represents the culmination of the spiritual path in terms of deliverance into the altruistic path of universal salvation – the Bodhisattva path. In the Bodhisattva path we aspire for personal enlightenment, but we also connect compassionately with the sufferings of others, and strive to liberate them at the same time as we seek enlightenment ourselves. Tara therefore delivers us from a narrow conception of the spiritual life. She saves us from the notion that spiritual progress is about narrowly liberating ourselves from our own suffering, and instead leads us to see that true spiritual progress involves having compassion for others. By the time we have been liberated from mundane dangers, liberated from a narrow conception of the spiritual path, and led to a realization of compassion, we have effectively become Tara. In Buddhist practice the “deities” represent our own inner potential. We are all potentially Tara. We can all become Tara. Svaha, according to Monier Monier-William’s Sanskrit Dictionary, means: "Hail!", "Hail to!" or "May a blessing rest on!" We could see this final blessing as symbolizing the recognition that we are, ultimately, Tara. Her mantra can therefore be rendered as something like "OM! Hail to Tara (in her three roles as a savioress)!" Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayuh Punya Jñana Pustim Kuru Svaha Mama means "mine" and indicates that you’d like to possess these qualities of long life, merit, wisdom, happiness, etc. You can of course choose to wish these qualities for someone else — perhaps for a teacher or for a loved one who is ill. Ayuh is long life (as in Ayurvedic medicine). Punya means the merit that comes from living life ethically, and this merit is said to help one to live long and happily. Jnana is wisdom. Punya and Jnana are known as the Two Accumulations. In order to become enlightened we need to accumulate merit (that is, to develop positive qualities through living ethically and meditating) but we also need to develop wisdom through deep reflection. Wisdom cannot arise without a basis of merit, but merit alone is not enough for us to become enlightened, meaning that becoming a nicer person isn’t enough — we have also to look deeply into ourselves and the world around us and to see the impermanent and insubstantial nature of all things. Pushtim means wealth, abundance, or increase.
Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā - Tara, whose name means "star" or "she who ferries across," is a Bodhisattva of compassion who manifests in female form. "She Who Saves." In particular she represents compassion in action, since she’s in the process of stepping from her lotus throne in order to help sentient beings. 1. Tāre represents salvation from mundane dangers and suffering. Tara is seem as a savioress who can give aid from material threats such as floods, crime, wild animals, and traffic accidents. Tara is therefore said to protect against ordinary worldly dangers. 2. Tuttāre represents deliverance into the spiritual path conceived in terms of individual salvation. In traditional terms, this is the path of the Arhant, which leads to individual liberation from suffering. This is seen in Mahayana Buddhism as a kind of enlightenment in which compassion does not figure strongly. Tara therefore offers individual protection from the spiritual dangers of greed, hatred, and delusion: the three factors that cause us individual suffering. 3. Lastly, ture represents the culmination of the spiritual path in terms of deliverance into the altruistic path of universal salvation – the Bodhisattva path. In the Bodhisattva path we aspire for personal enlightenment, but we also connect compassionately with the sufferings of others, and strive to liberate them at the same time as we seek enlightenment ourselves. Tara therefore delivers us from a narrow conception of the spiritual life. She saves us from the notion that spiritual progress is about narrowly liberating ourselves from our own suffering, and instead leads us to see that true spiritual progress involves having compassion for others. By the time we have been liberated from mundane dangers, liberated from a narrow conception of the spiritual path, and led to a realization of compassion, we have effectively become Tara. In Buddhist practice the “deities” represent our own inner potential. We are all potentially Tara. We can all become Tara. Svaha, according to Monier Monier-William’s Sanskrit Dictionary, means: "Hail!", "Hail to!" or "May a blessing rest on!" We could see this final blessing as symbolizing the recognition that we are, ultimately, Tara. Her mantra can therefore be rendered as something like "OM! Hail to Tara (in her three roles as a savioress)!" Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayuh Punya Jñana Pustim Kuru Svaha Mama means "mine" and indicates that you’d like to possess these qualities of long life, merit, wisdom, happiness, etc. You can of course choose to wish these qualities for someone else — perhaps for a teacher or for a loved one who is ill. Ayuh is long life (as in Ayurvedic medicine). Punya means the merit that comes from living life ethically, and this merit is said to help one to live long and happily. Jnana is wisdom. Punya and Jnana are known as the Two Accumulations. In order to become enlightened we need to accumulate merit (that is, to develop positive qualities through living ethically and meditating) but we also need to develop wisdom through deep reflection. Wisdom cannot arise without a basis of merit, but merit alone is not enough for us to become enlightened, meaning that becoming a nicer person isn’t enough — we have also to look deeply into ourselves and the world around us and to see the impermanent and insubstantial nature of all things. Pushtim means wealth, abundance, or increase.
# 11,375:
5:45 am PST, Feb 7,
Anna Clayton, Massachusetts
# 11,374:
1:03 am PST, Feb 7,
Mary Beth Fielder, California
# 11,373:
9:20 pm PST, Feb 6,
Denise Mitchell, California
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9:17 pm PST, Feb 6,
Elana Emery, New Jersey
# 11,371:
3:34 pm PST, Feb 6,
Sheila Loayza, Massachusetts
# 11,370:
3:03 pm PST, Feb 6,
Jason Baker, Vermont
Please make sure any health care bill includes fixing this inequity!
Please make sure any health care bill includes fixing this inequity!
# 11,369:
1:19 pm PST, Feb 6,
Nick Norris, Mississippi
# 11,368:
12:47 pm PST, Feb 6,
Stacey Duffy, California
# 11,367:
12:08 pm PST, Feb 6,
Carol Adams Laman, Indiana
# 11,366:
12:00 pm PST, Feb 6,
Lynda Austin, California
Add it to the list of indignities suffered by women since the beginning of recorded history.
Add it to the list of indignities suffered by women since the beginning of recorded history.
# 11,365:
12:00 pm PST, Feb 6,
Ray Legault, Washington
# 11,364:
11:32 am PST, Feb 6,
D Beene, Texas
# 11,363:
11:19 am PST, Feb 6,
Andrea McCoy, New Jersey
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11:06 am PST, Feb 6,
Amber Seber, Hawaii
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10:39 am PST, Feb 6,
Jeff Bailey, Missouri
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9:58 am PST, Feb 6,
Sarah Campbell, New York
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9:47 am PST, Feb 6,
Ruben Gonzalez, California
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8:32 am PST, Feb 6,
Susan Artone-Fricke, Colorado
# 11,357:
6:26 am PST, Feb 6,
Helen Claunch, Connecticut
# 11,356:
9:39 pm PST, Feb 5,
Jessica Benefield, North Carolina
Because at some point, sooner or later, woman are going to be running these vey companies, and when we do, if things aren't changed... we going to retaliate and men just better watch out!
Because at some point, sooner or later, woman are going to be running these vey companies, and when we do, if things aren't changed... we going to retaliate and men just better watch out!
# 11,355:
9:32 pm PST, Feb 5,
Matthew Patasnik, Florida
# 11,354:
9:01 pm PST, Feb 5,
Andrea Morrison, Texas
# 11,353:
8:09 pm PST, Feb 5,
John Coleman, Alabama
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8:08 pm PST, Feb 5,
Brent Wachter, Ohio
