On the heels of last week’s victory for women in California’s own healthcare debate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi along with the Congressional Women’s Caucus introduced H.R. 3200 – a bill comparable to California’s AB 119 to end price discrimination in the insurance industry nationally, and to fix the “sexist, irrational and often cruel healthcare system that women now contend.”
Ms. Magazine reports that H.R. 3200 aims to end the gender rating that forces women to pay 140% more for health insurance than men, will add maternity care, which is now missing from 79% of plans, and cover preventative measures such as mammograms.
Appallingly, in eight states women who are victims of domestic violence are deemed to have a “pre-existing condition,” thus a legitimate ground for denying coverage. H.R. 3200 will also aims to ban this disgusting practice of punishing women for being victims in their own homes.
The bill is being finalized right now. The Fem Dems will be monitoring the bill’s progress closely.
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