"car-insurance-coverage" Articles & Blogs:
Rental Car Insurance Coverage: Do You Need It?
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When you rent a car do you automatically buy rental car insurance? Did you know your rental car may already be covered through your car insurance policy?
Avoid Buying Duplicate Car Insurance CoverageWhen you are thinking about renting a car, say for y...[Read on] |
Senate Passes Health Care Reform Bill
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Abortion compromise, subsidies must be improved in conference
Today, the Senate voted 60 to 39 to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The following is a statement by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women's Law Center...[Read on] |
Affordable Care Act Helps Women Except That...
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This is according to a story linked on DailyKos.com , via a Web MD story on a new Commonwealth Fund Study. (PDF)
About 7.3 million women aged 19 to 64 were turned down when they tried to buy an insurance plan, charged a higher rate than men, or had a ...[Read on] |
Comparison shop for cheap car insurance
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Just because the economy is in a slump doesn’t mean we should cut the things we need. Take car insurance, for example: car crashes and accidents don’t stop just because the economy is down. There are easy ways to find a cheap car insurance policy, but...[Read on] |
Insurance Company: Rape Survivor? Nope, We Won't Take Her
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by Amanda Stone, Volunteer, National Women's Law Center
“Nope, we won’t take her.” This is what insurance companies in Florida said when asked whether they would provide insurance coverage to a hypothetical applicant who had survived rape. Let...[Read on] |
RNC insurance plan covers abortion for their employees
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For those of you who haven't already heard, let me repeat that: the Republican National Committee (RNC) has a health insurance plan for their employees that covers abortion. Now, this shouldn't even be surprising, despite my out-loud laugh half in amazeme...[Read on] |
STOP STUPAK: Make sure health reform isn’t used to restrict access to insurance coverage for abortion
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by Micole Allekotte, Health Fellow, National Women's Law Center
Today the National Women’s Law Center is joining with other women’s rights and health care advocates and activists in a national day of action to tell Congress and the President that ...[Read on] |
Senate Health Reform Bill Must Be Improved in Conference
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NWLC Calls Abortion Compromise Unworkable and Unfair
Today, Senate Democratic leaders said they reached an agreement on the details of their legislation to reform the health care system.The following is a statement by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President...[Read on] |
How car insurance affects Cash for Clunkers
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The government’s Cash for Clunkers program is back on track and many Americans are heading to car dealers to swap their older cars for new ones. What many people may not realize is that to trade-in an older car, it has to have had car insurance for at l...[Read on] |
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] |
Health Reform Will End Gender Rating, Kind of, Sort of, Maybe…
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by Lisa Codispoti, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
As we’ve discussed here many times before, gender rating is the harmful and discriminatory insurance practice of charging individuals and employers different premiums based on gender. ...[Read on] |
You can’t avoid paying for car insurance, but you can avoid paying too much
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Unless you want to take the bus, you need car insurance. If you’re going to drive, it’s the law in all 50 states. But you can avoid paying too much for it. Here are three ways you can help keep your rate low when it comes time to renew your auto...[Read on] |
Hold That Line: Update on Abortion in Health Reform
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by Micole Allekotte, Health Fellow, National Women's Law Center
As the clock ticks down on a Senate vote on Health Reform, my high school cheerleaders’ rallying cry to the defense, “HOLD—THAT—LINE!” comes to mind. Health reform will ensure ...[Read on] |
Show Senator Kyl Maternity Care is Good for All Boy and Girls
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by Judy Waxman, Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center “First of all, I don’t need maternity care. And so requiring that to be in my insurance policy is something that I don’t need and will make the policy...[Read on] |
What Women Want: Equal Benefits for Equal Premiums
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by Candace Webb, Outreach Manager, National Women's Law Center
The “What Women Want: Equal Benefits for Equal Premiums” hearing convened by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee yesterday largely focused on the twin ...[Read on] |
The Time is Now: Women Can't Wait for Health Reform
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Today, the House of Representatives released its much-awaited final health care legislation. The following is a statement by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC):
“The House bill marks another historic step o...[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] |
Tell Your Members of Congress We Need Real Health Care Reform
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by Judy Waxman, Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center
Have you seen them yet? Opponents of real reform are mobilizing and stepping up their efforts to block comprehensive health care reform. They're also presen...[Read on] |
Moving and Your Auto Insurance
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Moving to a new place is both an exciting and stressful time. There's packing, the move, and so many other details to handle that letting your insurance company know about your new address probably isn't high on your list. But where you live can impact ...[Read on] |
Next Step on the Road to Reform: Negotiating Differences Between the House & Senate Bills
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by Lisa Codispoti, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
We are closer to adopting health reform than ever before in history. Now that the Senate passed their health reform legislation, the next step on the road to reform is for Senate and House...[Read on] |
Score One for Women Over Wellpoint
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by Thao Nguyen, Outreach Manager, National Women's Law Center
What a difference a month makes! Only a few weeks ago, we told you about an exclusive new report from Reuters that showed how far insurance industry giant Wellpoint had gone to put profit o...[Read on] |
10 Easy Ways to Save on Car Insurance
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When you factor in the cost of gas, tune-ups, registration fees, and maintenance, owning a car can be incredibly expensive! But what most people don't know is that saving money on car insurance is one of the easiest ways to cut costs.
Reviewing your...[Read on] |
Wasting Women's Time with Abortion Restrictions
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by Jen Swedish, Health Law Fellow, National Women's Law Center
As you are probably aware, this is National Women’s Health Week, and the theme is “It’s Your Time.” Since Monday, my colleagues have blogged and vlogged about the importance of t...[Read on] |
Health Reform: Good for Mothers, Good for Families
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by Julia Kaye, Health Policy Associate, National Women's Law Center
Cross-posted from Say Ahhh!
There is a common misconception that all low-income people -- or, at least, all poor parents -- are eligible for Medicaid. It may derive from a mistaken c...[Read on] |
Women's Poverty Increases; Insurance Decreases
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by Joan Entmacher, Vice President for Family Economic Security,
and Judy Waxman, Vice President for Health and Reproductive Rights,
National Women's Law Center
Imagine being a single mother to a 5-year-old daughter, losing a stable job, and becom...[Read on] |
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