Did You Know That Having Had A Pregnancy Is A 'Pre-Existing' Medical Condition?

October 7th, 2009 by Karina 

In our current health care system, women often face higher health costs than men and multiple other barriers to health insurance. Fewer women are eligible for employer-based coverage, and comprehensive coverage in the individual health care market is often unavailable or prohibitively expensive.

In the individual insurance market, women face discrimination – being charged substantially higher premiums for the same coverage as men or being denied coverage for such “pre-existing conditions” as pregnancy, having had a C-section, or being a victim of domestic violence.

In a recent study, more than half of women — compared with 39% of men — reported delaying needed medical care due to cost. And just last month, the Joint Economic Committee released a report finding that since the recession began, American women have lost 1.6 million jobs — many seeing their health insurance disappear with their jobs — and over a million women have lost insurance because their husband lost his job.

See the complete story at http://speaker.house.gov/blog/

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