"brigette-courtot" Articles & Blogs:
Her Ovaries, His Cigarettes: Which Costs More in the Individual Health Insurance Market?
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by Brigette Courtot, Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
For most of their lives, women are charged more than men for health plans in the individual insurance market. This is a consequence of “gender rating,” the common insurance industry pr...[Read on] |
Some Health Choices That Women Could Do Without
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by Brigette Courtot, Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
This post is part of a series on Women and Health Reform.
NWLC’s health and reproductive rights team does a lot of work around the importance of choice. We advocate for reproduct...[Read on] |
New Moms, Older Moms, and Health Reform
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by Brigette Courtot, Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
To kick off NWLC's recognition of National Women’s Health Week, and in light of yesterday’s Mother’s Day holiday, I’ve been considering how health reform will improve mothers' heal...[Read on] |
Health Care Affordability Problems Persist for Women
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by Brigette Courtot, Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
A recent analysis by the Commonwealth Fund shows that women experience cost-related health access barriers at higher rates than their male counterparts. These new findings echo those of...[Read on] |
The "Dear Health Plan Enrollee" Letter
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by Brigette Courtot, Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
This post is part of a series on Women and Health Reform.
It came via certified mail, which was enough to make her nervous, but a quick glance at the return address actually made her...[Read on] |
President Obama’s Bipartisan Health Care Summit: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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by Julia Kaye, Brigette Courtot, and Kelli Garcia,National Women's Law Center
A colleague of ours equated yesterday’s Bipartisan Health Care Summit to a Superbowl for the CSPAN crowd. The event featured an all-star lineup from the White House, HHS, and...[Read on] |
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