Thursday, November 8, 2012
MCC Releases "Price of Being a Woman" Report
Maternity Care Coaltion's (MCC) report, which compares insurance options in cities across Pennsylvania, demonstrates that women face significant barriers and discriminatory practices when buying health insurance in the individual insurance market.
The study revealed that individual market health plans largely exclude vital maternity coverage for women. Findings showed that only 20% of "best-selling" individual insurance plans available on www.eHealthInsurance.com, a leading online source for insurance sales, offer maternity coverage in Pennsylvania.
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