Women pay up to 48 percent more for private health insurance than men for the same policies. Insurers also routinely deny coverage to women with "pre-existing conditions" - which include pregnancy, c-sections, and in some cases, domestic violence and rape.
The reforms being advanced by the White House and Congress would:
- Make "gender rating" illegal.
- Prevent insurance companies from denying care on the basis of pre-existing conditions.
- End "rescission," or the insurance industry practice of canceling someone's coverage when they get sick.
- Set limits on out-of-pocket expenses.
- Provide competition and choice for women in the individual insurance market.
Urge your Members of Congress to fix these antiquated policies by passing real health insurance reform this year!
We took action on “Women Deserve Equal Health Insurance Coverage for Equal Money!”!
# 4,270:
5:13 pm PST, Nov 20,Lara Nunes, Florida
# 4,269:
5:11 pm PST, Nov 20,Mark Donaldson, Florida
# 4,268:
4:47 pm PST, Nov 20,Ian Thurlby, Colorado
# 4,267:
4:23 pm PST, Nov 20,Kristian Amanda Glover, New Jersey
# 4,266:
3:40 pm PST, Nov 20,Sheryl Goodwin, Maine
# 4,265:
3:36 pm PST, Nov 20,Elsa Biaggi, Florida
# 4,264:
3:10 pm PST, Nov 20,Lorali Wyant, California
# 4,263:
2:45 pm PST, Nov 20,R. Brent Palmer, Virginia
# 4,262:
2:42 pm PST, Nov 20,Analise Alvarez, Florida
# 4,261:
2:42 pm PST, Nov 20,Sara Hale, California
I am a full time college student studying Physical Therapy. Last month I was denied health insurance from two companies, Kaiser Permanente and Blue Shield of CA. I was denied for 'pre-existing conditions' because I went to the ER a week earlier and they found an ovarian cyst. I was unaware that I couldn't get insurance for the reason I needed the insurance. My only option now is to apply for the 'Major Medical Risk of CA' for the surgery I need. Does that make sense? That these insurance companies denied me for a problem I went to them for help with, and they want me to put it on the governments bill now? Why does my government have to cover the surgery, so the insurance companies can save money themselves?
# 4,260:
2:14 pm PST, Nov 20,Chrys Simmons, Texas
# 4,259:
1:59 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Nevada
# 4,258:
1:59 pm PST, Nov 20,Bronwen Mahardy, New York
# 4,257:
1:49 pm PST, Nov 20,Valerie Hoffman, Illinois
# 4,256:
1:45 pm PST, Nov 20,Vilma Alvarez, New Jersey
# 4,255:
1:20 pm PST, Nov 20,Allison Graw, Michigan
# 4,254:
1:16 pm PST, Nov 20,Syntheah Crist, Utah
# 4,253:
12:48 pm PST, Nov 20,Samer R., California
# 4,252:
12:48 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, California
# 4,251:
12:40 pm PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 4,250:
12:38 pm PST, Nov 20,Essra Mohawk, Tennessee
It's hard to believe that this isn't a given and is something we actually have to petition for! It's way past the time to make things right. "Equal rights" needs to be realized for women, not just given lipservice. This inequality in a supposedly advanced and enlightened nation must end now!
# 4,249:
12:37 pm PST, Nov 20,Clemens Lindenau, Michigan
# 4,248:
12:34 pm PST, Nov 20,Jacqueline Henkel-Wade, Pennsylvania
The thing that is so disturbing, is that you HAVE the POWER to make this change, and yet you let it go on as if it were perfectly justifyable making excuses that you think discredit human equality and going deliberately and blatantly against the agreement we have with each other as a universe let alone the constitution. MAKE THE CHANGE! Its a couple of signatures. Seriously. This is simple stuff. Lets get it together and stop splitting it apart. It affects you just as much as it affects us. WE THE PEOPLE. WE!!!!
# 4,247:
12:34 pm PST, Nov 20,Teresa Mac Tavish, Canada
# 4,246:
12:29 pm PST, Nov 20,Sherry Freeman, California
# 4,245:
12:28 pm PST, Nov 20,Jessica Cresseveur, Indiana
# 4,244:
12:25 pm PST, Nov 20,Lisa Dimiceli, Virginia
# 4,243:
12:16 pm PST, Nov 20,Lynda Mcmillan, Oregon
# 4,242:
12:13 pm PST, Nov 20,Julie Sheridan, New York
# 4,241:
12:11 pm PST, Nov 20,Jaremy Lynch, Maine
# 4,240:
12:10 pm PST, Nov 20,Graciela Cerdas, Texas
# 4,239:
12:00 pm PST, Nov 20,Dorothy Neumann, Virginia
# 4,238:
12:00 pm PST, Nov 20,Melissa McGregor-Moore, California
# 4,237:
11:54 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Florida
# 4,236:
11:45 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Kansas
# 4,235:
11:39 am PST, Nov 20,Stephanie Wippel, Colorado
# 4,234:
11:32 am PST, Nov 20,Carolyn Person, Missouri
# 4,233:
11:28 am PST, Nov 20,Mervi Rantala, Finland
# 4,232:
11:16 am PST, Nov 20,Jessica Narace, Florida
# 4,231:
11:16 am PST, Nov 20,Serena Howe, Minnesota
# 4,230:
11:11 am PST, Nov 20,Kathryn Filemyr, North Carolina
# 4,229:
11:04 am PST, Nov 20,Germaine Beuviere, Kentucky
# 4,228:
11:04 am PST, Nov 20,Lucy Gabriel, Pennsylvania
It's baffling to me that it takes so much time and effort just to try and help the nation realize that all people deserve equal care in a country that is founded on that very principle, but I want to help America reach a place where I don't have to be.
# 4,227:
10:41 am PST, Nov 20,Rachel Golub, Massachusetts
# 4,226:
10:35 am PST, Nov 20,Christina Schubert, North Carolina
# 4,225:
10:30 am PST, Nov 20,Mira Wilder, California
# 4,224:
10:26 am PST, Nov 20,Sydney McDermott, Arizona
# 4,223:
10:24 am PST, Nov 20,Llew Taylor, Pennsylvania
# 4,222:
10:22 am PST, Nov 20,Sarah Stone, Indiana
# 4,221:
10:14 am PST, Nov 20,Melissa Johnson, Illinois
# 4,220:
10:11 am PST, Nov 20,Whitney Hawks, Florida
# 4,219:
10:10 am PST, Nov 20,Marie Cavosora, New York
# 4,218:
10:00 am PST, Nov 20,Karolina Wysoczanska, Poland
# 4,217:
9:58 am PST, Nov 20,Leslie Homan, California
# 4,216:
9:56 am PST, Nov 20,Carla Briscoe, New York
# 4,215:
9:50 am PST, Nov 20,Debbie Geno, Missouri
# 4,214:
9:47 am PST, Nov 20,Tanya Rivera, New York
# 4,213:
9:36 am PST, Nov 20,Madeleine Drake, Oregon
# 4,212:
9:35 am PST, Nov 20,Dwi Novilia Suyono, Indonesia
# 4,211:
9:29 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, California
The state of health care in general and the insurance system that is supposed to protect Americans is currently untenable. With all the resources we have used to bail out insurance companies, we must demand real insurance for everyone--and I mean EVERYone, as well as strict standards of care and transparency of insurance policies and budgets. One can tell the state of a nation by how it treats its women, and denying us equal access to this fundamental human right is unacceptable and must be changed by a firm and honorable legislature.
# 4,210:
9:21 am PST, Nov 20,Tara Hollan, Arkansas
# 4,209:
9:21 am PST, Nov 20,Kelly Cirone, Missouri
# 4,208:
9:20 am PST, Nov 20,Jenette Champagne, Texas
# 4,207:
9:13 am PST, Nov 20,Andrea Ross, Arkansas
# 4,206:
9:13 am PST, Nov 20,Sharon DePerro, New York
Once again women do not get equality. Why is it that women's health is the first to see cuts and controls. Not only do we not get equality in treatment , women are now being discriminated upon in regard to preventative medicine. Shame on you insurance companies, some doctors and our government.
# 4,205:
9:13 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Florida
These practices border on the criminal and they should be stopped.
# 4,204:
9:01 am PST, Nov 20,Alex Howard, New Jersey
# 4,203:
8:58 am PST, Nov 20,Mars a. Moore, Texas
END discrimination of women in health insurance!
ALL MEN/WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. That is our constitutional right.
