Women getting short end of health coverage

Miami Herald, McClatchy by David Lightman | Oct. 7, 2009 (Special Report)

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.

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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 7, 2009

While the topic of providing preventive and maternity care for women is one that would be expected to be of interest to women and anyone related to a woman, the issue is framed as if it only effects women, and not all people born of woman. Congressman Boehner's spokeswoman's comments are not directly related to the issue of coverage for women, so their position in the middle of the story disrupts the flow of ideas.

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