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Women Will Benefit From Health Care Reform

Floor Speech

Date: March 17, 2010
Location: Washington, D.C
Issues: Women Health and Health Care

Women Will Benefit From Health Care Reform

Mr. Speaker, soon health care insurance reform will be on this floor, and I believe that the women of America have the most to gain from the bill.

In the individual insurance market, women are charged up to 48 percent more than men for the same coverage. The health bill will prohibit that discrimination. Women are denied coverage for preexisting conditions like domestic violence or C-sections or pregnancy. The health care bill will prevent that.

We know as mothers that we are worried about our young adult children. They can't get insurance, but the health care bill will allow us to keep our young adult sons and daughters on our own health care insurance plans.

Preventative services are sometimes unaffordable for women, but the health care bill will require preventative services to be provided without a copay.

Health insurance reform is just what the doctor ordered for the women of America.


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