We Can't Wait - Today's Number - "9"

[quiet.american]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/health-care-meeting/by-the-numbers?utm_source=numbers9&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=healthreform">Health Reform by the Numbers



9 -- that's the number of states and the District of Columbia where there is still no specific law making it illegal for insurers to reject applicants who are survivors of domestic violence, citing the history of domestic violence as a pre-existing condition.

In many ways, America's women are those struggling most under the health care status quo. We're uniquely impacted by gender inequalities ranging from being charged higher premiums just because we're women to insurance companies being allowed in some states to deny coverage because of so-called “pre-existing conditions” like being pregnant. In addition, we're often the ones looked to for handling the health care of others. Most mothers say they're the ones responsible for managing their families' care -- from choosing doctors to taking their kids to appointments to fulfilling family prescriptions. And many women also find themselves caring for a sick or elderly relative.

While women may be dealing with many of the hardships of our broken health care system firsthand -- women also have the most to gain from health insurance reform.

Take a look at the video First Lady Michelle Obama previously recorded to highlight health insurance reform from the unique perspective of women:

Short video can be viewed at WH link:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/health-care-meeting/by-the-numbers?utm_source=numbers9&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=healthreform">Michelle Obama video


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"...women also have the most to gain from health insurance reform."

As a woman, that really hits home to me. There's not a woman in my life, on each end of the economic scale, that I can think of who won't benefit and have a higher sense of security from the various items in HCR - from knowing that their kids are covered, to free mammograms and "stop smoking" programs, to just being better able to figure out the billing from their husband's surgery. For myself, as a single person staring "mid-life" in the face, knowing that I would have access to health insurance (even if I'm self-employed) before I'm old enough to qualify for Medicare would be a weight off my shoulders.

[Cha]

1. Yes! This sounds very important

for women and our country as a whole!