Women getting short end of health coverage
Women of child-bearing age routinely pay more for healthcare because they're women. If they're pregnant, they can be legally denied coverage.
Women face other problems in today's insurance market: They tend to need more preventive care and therefore are subject to more co-pays and deductibles, and single heads of households are often women, meaning they're responsible for the family's healthcare bills.
Legislation now being considered by ...
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