BLACK WOMEN’S HEALTH IMPERATIVE: WOMEN DEMOCRATIC SENATORS DISCUSS GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM

 

Who Will Appear:         Senator Barbara Mikulski Senator Barbara Boxer Senator Patty Murray Senator Mary Landrieu Senator Debbie Stabenow Senator Maria Cantwell Senator Amy Klobuchar Senator Jeanne Shaheen Senator Kay Hagan Senator Kirsten Gillibrand NEWS FLASH: Watch Larry King Live Tonight Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 9:45 p.m. EST  WOMEN DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO APPEAR ON LARRY KING LIVE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN THE CURRENT HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM   Women Democratic Senators will appear together this evening on CNN’s Larry King Live to discuss health disparities that exist between men and women in our current health insurance system.     Under our status quo health care system, insurance companies charge women more than men for the same coverage in the majority of states.  In eight states and the District of Columbia , insurance companies also deny coverage to victims of domestic violence. In addition, very few insurance companies cover maternity care. Women Democratic Senators are on track to reform the health insurance system in a meaningful way and putting a stop to these discriminatory health practices against women.

 

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