Women Senators Speak out on Health Care Reform

Ten women Senators appeared together on Larry King Live recently to speak about health care reform. Watch it here:


Yesterday, Senator Barbara Mikulski held a hearing focused on discriminatory practices of health insurance companies when it comes to insuring women.

“When it comes to health insurance, women are discriminated against. We pay more –in higher premiums - and get less. Often we are denied care, or when we have care, it’s skimpy and spartan. It’s time for a change. It’s time women had equal benefits for equal premiums,” Senator Mikulski said.

Did you know?

- 17 million women are uninsured - that’s about 1 in 5 women.

- One in 10 women is covered under Medicaid.

- More than half of all Medicare beneficiaries (56%) are women.

- Most individual insurance policies exclude maternity care.

- Only 20 states require private insurance companies to cover annual mammograms.

Source: Senator Mikulski’s office. For more information, click here.