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Women do not make the decision to pursue vaginal surgery lightly. There are a number of vaginal surgery centers in New York; once you decide that vaginal surgery is the best way to address your concerns, it is important to pick the right location.

New Health Dialogue - logo Health Policy Facts February 27, 2008 - 1:57pm - admin "We're raising the first generation of children who may live sicker and die younger than their parents." --Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Upcoming Events February 27, 2008 - 2:11pm - Paul Testa Upcoming Events Obama and Health Care Reform Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:00pm - 1:30pm American University Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 603 RSVP here Recent Events: Health CEOs for Health Reform To see a webcast of this event click here The Wireless Future of Health IT For a summary of this event click here New Health Insurance Marketplace For a summary of this event click here CEOs for Health Reform To see a webcast of this event click here For previous events click here Health Policy Links February 27, 2008 - 2:17pm - Joanne Kenen * Who We Are * NEW SITE: The State of State Health * Health Policy Program Website * Guide for Journalists * Guide for Hill Staff New America Blogs * The American Strategist * Blockbuster Democracy * Climate Action * Ed Policy Watch o Early Ed Watch o Ed Money Watch o Higher Ed Watch * The Ladder * New America Voices * New Health Dialogue * Political Reform * The Religious Center * US Budget Watch * Wireless Future * The New America Network Topics Ambulance Diversion California California Cancer Chronic Disease Comparative Effectiveness Comparative Effectiveness Congress Cost Cost Coverage Disparities Emergency Rooms Employer Burden Global Health Good News HC4HR Health Care Health Insurance Health Insurance Health IT Health Politics Health Reform Health Reform Hospitals Hospitals Individual Mandate In the News In the States Lessons of 93 Mandate Massachusetts Medicaid Medical Errors Medical Homes Medicare Nurses Obama palliative care Payment Policy Payment Reform Prevent

New Health Dialogue - logo Health Policy Facts February 27, 2008 - 1:57pm - admin "We're raising the first generation of children who may live sicker and die younger than their parents." --Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Upcoming Events February 27, 2008 - 2:11pm - Paul Testa Upcoming Events Obama and Health Care Reform Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:00pm - 1:30pm American University Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Room 603 RSVP here Recent Events: Health CEOs for Health Reform To see a webcast of this event click here The Wireless Future of Health IT For a summary of this event click here New Health Insurance Marketplace For a summary of this event click here CEOs for Health Reform To see a webcast of this event click here For previous events click here Health Policy Links February 27, 2008 - 2:17pm - Joanne Kenen * Who We Are * NEW SITE: The State of State Health * Health Policy Program Website * Guide for Journalists * Guide for Hill Staff New America Blogs * The American Strategist * Blockbuster Democracy * Climate Action * Ed Policy Watch o Early Ed Watch o Ed Money Watch o Higher Ed Watch * The Ladder * New America Voices * New Health Dialogue * Political Reform * The Religious Center * US Budget Watch * Wireless Future * The New America Network Topics Ambulance Diversion California California Cancer Chronic Disease Comparative Effectiveness Comparative Effectiveness Congress Cost Cost Coverage Disparities Emergency Rooms Employer Burden Global Health Good News HC4HR Health Care Health Insurance Health Insurance Health IT Health Politics Health Reform Health Reform Hospitals Hospitals Individual Mandate In the News In the States Lessons of 93 Mandate Massachusetts Medicaid Medical Errors Medical Homes Medicare Nurses Obama palliative care Payment Policy Payment Reform Prevent

Earning less, paying more for health care: fighting a battle on two fronts By Hygeia | Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Today, April 28th, is Blog for Fair Pay Day. In recognition of this important day, our guest post by Lisa Codispoti, Senior Counsel for Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center, relates to health care and equal pay. Between 2000 and 2006, health insurance premiums increased 87.5 percent-4 times more than wages. In addition to the burden of inflated health care costs, women are still paid only 78 cents for every dollar earned by men-with women of color earning even less. In a world where women are earning significantly less than men for comparable work, how can they also afford health care? Pay inequity for women compounds the issues that already exist with our broken health care system. This is a system that makes unfair practices by insurance companies flourish, such as allowing health to be more expensive for women. For example, women pay higher premiums than men when they try to buy health insurance directly from an insurance company through the individual health insurance market (a practice known as gender rating.) Even worse is that many of these health plans do not cover maternity care or expect women to pay an additional fee (what is called a rider) to gain maternity coverage. Women are then left trying to stretch their already smaller paycheck for a much larger health care bill. (more…)

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Prevention First: Policy Initiatives Insurance coverage for birth control While most insurers generally cover prescription drugs, not all are required to cover prescription birth control. Women pay roughly 68 percent more in out-of-pocket medical expenses than men, mostly due to their reproductive health care needs. We have made some progress on this issue: today, 24 states have laws that require insurance companies to cover birth control. Despite this advancement, nearly 17 million women - most of whom are young, low-income or women of color - do not even have private insurance or Medicaid coverage and cannot benefit from these state mandates.

Women Pay The Price For Health Insurance by Sarah Varney April 2, 2009 Listen to the Story Morning Edition [4 min 40 sec] * Add to Playlist * Download * Transcript In Depth Search For Health Insurance Learn About COBRA Read About A Government Subsidy For COBRA A State-By-State Guide to Health Insurance text sizeAAA April 2, 2009 During the last economic bust, I got laid off and couldn't afford the monthly COBRA payments for my health insurance. I applied for an individual plan through Blue Cross. I was 28 at the time and had no health problems. I was thin and athletic. In fact, I'd done a triathlon and biked from San Francisco to Los Angeles twice. I got a letter from Blue Cross saying I was denied. They told me it was because my medical records showed I'd gone to the doctor complaining of stomach pain. The pain had long since gone away, but Blue Cross said if I wanted insurance, my doctor would need to fax a note guaranteeing I didn't have stomach cancer. He faxed the letter, and eventually I got a plan. It makes you wonder, though, if Blue Cross didn't want to insure me - a healthy 20-something - how on earth do actuaries determine who's a good risk and who's not? "It's very scientific and fact-based," says Jeff Fluke a senior underwriter with the risk management company Ingenix in Minneapolis. Fluke says actuaries first calculate average health costs over a broad population like 28-year-old women or 50-year-old men. Then the underwriter adjusts those averages based on your medical history and health status - your height and weight, and whether you have high blood pressure, asthma or hay fever. "Maybe there's a heart condition," Fluke says. "How long ago was it? What were the treatments? Are you on treatment now? What are the medications you're taking? Because some medications [are] expensive and some aren't." Complex Calculations These complex algorithms boil down to: Will you cost the insurance company more money than the insurer c

Women Pay The Price For Health Insurance by Sarah Varney April 2, 2009 Listen to the Story Morning Edition [4 min 40 sec] * Add to Playlist * Download * Transcript In Depth Search For Health Insurance Learn About COBRA Read About A Government Subsidy For COBRA A State-By-State Guide to Health Insurance text sizeAAA April 2, 2009 During the last economic bust, I got laid off and couldn't afford the monthly COBRA payments for my health insurance. I applied for an individual plan through Blue Cross. I was 28 at the time and had no health problems. I was thin and athletic. In fact, I'd done a triathlon and biked from San Francisco to Los Angeles twice. I got a letter from Blue Cross saying I was denied. They told me it was because my medical records showed I'd gone to the doctor complaining of stomach pain. The pain had long since gone away, but Blue Cross said if I wanted insurance, my doctor would need to fax a note guaranteeing I didn't have stomach cancer. He faxed the letter, and eventually I got a plan. It makes you wonder, though, if Blue Cross didn't want to insure me - a healthy 20-something - how on earth do actuaries determine who's a good risk and who's not? "It's very scientific and fact-based," says Jeff Fluke a senior underwriter with the risk management company Ingenix in Minneapolis. Fluke says actuaries first calculate average health costs over a broad population like 28-year-old women or 50-year-old men. Then the underwriter adjusts those averages based on your medical history and health status - your height and weight, and whether you have high blood pressure, asthma or hay fever. "Maybe there's a heart condition," Fluke says. "How long ago was it? What were the treatments? Are you on treatment now? What are the medications you're taking? Because some medications [are] expensive and some aren't." Complex Calculations These complex algorithms boil down to: Will you cost the insurance company more money than the insurer c