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House to Pass Child Health Bill

by Barbara DiTullio | Jan 14, 2009 | Government, Health insurance

President-elect Obama’s promise to provide health care coverage to every child in the United States is nearing a legislative victory. The U.S. House of Representatives is set to pass a bill which will expand a health insurance program for children living at or...

Bush Enacts Anti-Abortion Regulation

by Barbara DiTullio | Dec 18, 2008 | Abortion, Health insurance, Politics, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

The Bush administration has enacted the Provider Conscience Regulation we blogged about in the past. This policy allows a wide group of medical personnel to refuse providing any medical service to which they object on moral grounds. But even before the Bush...

Anti-choice activist still spreading misinformation

by Barbara DiTullio | Dec 16, 2008 | Contraception, Health insurance, Reproductive Rights, Women's health

Earlier, we blogged about Ross Douthat’s op-ed in the New York Times contending that the anti-choice activists are not out of touch with mainstream Americans, which we exposed as a misrepresentation of the very radical goals of the movement. We also blogged...

Anti-choice activists want to increase the number of abortions

by Barbara DiTullio | Dec 10, 2008 | Contraception, Health insurance

The Wall Street Journal reports that anti-choice activists have renewed their call for federal, state and local governments to stop granting money to Planned Parenthood. This is nothing new. However, they do have a new reason for why the government should contribute...

New York Times Editorial Spotlights Inequality in Insurance Premiums

by Barbara DiTullio | Nov 3, 2008 | Equality, Health insurance, The New York Times, Women's health

Last week we wrote about a new report that revealed that women pay more for health insurance coverage than men. The New York Times published an editorial today, saying that it’s to take action on the issue and eliminate gender-based premiums. You can read it...

Women Pay More for Health Insurance Coverage

by Barbara DiTullio | Oct 31, 2008 | Equality, Health insurance, The New York Times, Women's health

The New York Times ran an interesting story this week about disparities in health insurance costs. A new report issued by the National Women’s Law Center, Nowhere to Turn: How the Individual Health Insurance Market Fails Women, reveals that women’s health...

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