TAILIEUCHUNG - TURNING TO FAIRNESS

Hospitals, hit hard by the Great Depression, rushed to embrace plans for prepaid health care as a way to survive. In 1939 the American Hospital Association began allowing plans that met its standards to use the Blue Cross name and logo. State legislatures agreed not to treat Blue Cross plans as insurance, based on the rationale that they were owned by hospitals. This permitted Blue Cross plans to operate as non-profit corporations, escaping the 2% to 3% premiums generally charged private insurance companies, and exempted them from insurance company reserve requirements. Worried that the hospitals would expand the Blue Cross concept into physician services, physicians. | H IỈÍ l Insurance discrimination against women today and the Affordable Care Act NATIONAL WOMEN S LAWCENTER EXPANDING THE POSSIBILITIES I will NOT RFur iH4 l denied protect- vjowen s HeenlHx Gữvre. About the Center The National Women s Law Center is a Washington . nonprofit organization working to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers for women and their families with a major emphasis on women s health and reproductive rights education and employment opportunities and family economic security. Authors This Report was a collaborative endeavor that relied upon the work of many individuals. The primary author Danielle Garrett was greatly assisted by Marcia Greenberger Judy Waxman Anna Benyo Kate Dickerson Katherine Gallagher-Robbins Rachel Moore and Sarah Trumble. The report also relies heavily on work done by the authors of Nowhere to Turn 2008 and Still Nowhere to Turn 2009 Lisa Codispoti Brigette Courtot Julia Kaye and Jen Swedish. Disclaimer While text citations and data are to the best of the authors knowledge current as this report was prepared there may well be subsequent developments including recent legislative actions that could alter the information provided herein. This report does not constitute legal advice individuals and organizations considering legal action should consult with their own legal counsel before deciding on a course of action. In addition this report does not constitute medical advice. Individuals with health problems should consult an appropriate health care provider. March 2012 I wo I NOT RFDTfiH4 i denied PvđVect- Vjdi vevis Cwe. Executive Summary Women continue to face unfair and discriminatory practices when obtaining health insurance in the individual market as well as in the group health insurance market. Women are charged more for health coverage simply because they are women and individual market health plans often exclude coverage for services that only women need like maternity care. Furthermore insurance companies .

• Bảo hiểm
• Microorganism Interactions
• Mineral Nutrition
• Root Absorption
• Soil Fungi
• Plant Interaction
• Plant Soil
• Angiogenic Factors
• Local Immune
• Mechanisms Involved
• Formation of Endometriotic
• hierarchy of levels
• carefully monitored
• branded generic
• disease programmes