| Babies born to mothers who received no prenatal care are 3 times more likely to be born at low birth weight, and 5 times more likely to die, than those whose mothers received prenatal care. |
| Advancing women's health by creating an environment in which the public and elected officials confidently support women's health policy. |
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|  | Raising Wisconsin Women's Voices for the Health Care We Need |
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| Wisconsin women have much at stake in the debate over health care reform. The current American health care system has consistently failed to provide access to needed care for many girls and women. It has also created tremendous challenges for the women who coordinate health care for our families.
The Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health is a proud supporter of and is serving as the regional coordinator for the National Raising Women's Voices Collaborative and is working to ensure women's health care is represented in the health care reform debate in Wisconsin. |
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| Health Care for Women Resolution Introduced
On Feb. 11, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduced the Health Care for Women Resolution, designed to highlight the importance of women’s health and ensure that health care reform addresses the needs of women and families. The Health Care for Women Resolution sets the framework for ensuring equity in health care by recognizing the multiple roles women have as health care decision makers, caregivers, and providers, and calls on Congress to pass legislation that “guarantees a level of benefits and care, including comprehensive reproductive health care, pregnancy-related care, and infant care, that is necessary to achieve and maintain good health throughout a woman’s lifetime and lessen the burdens caused by poor health.” |
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• not been able to afford health insurance coverage;
• not been able to afford to use health insurance coverage because of expensive co-pays or deductibles;
• found that health insurance coverage will not pay for needed services, such as birth control, or for the type of health provider you want to use, such as a midwife;
• lost health insurance because of a divorce;
• had difficulty understanding the rules of managed care plans or choosing which plan;
• been frustrated that doctors at the local clinic don’t speak your language or understand your family’s culture.
To ensure women’s health is included in every health care reform discussion, we ask that you share your personal story about your experience with the health care system and, based on those experiences, what changes you would like to see. You can download the attached form to submit your story or feel free to submit if via email. |
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| 7 Reasons Why Health Care Reform is a Women's Issue
1. Women are more likely than men to need medical services.
2. Women are less able than men to be able to afford medical services and supplies.
3. Women are less likely than men to be offered employment-based health insurance. That is partly because women are more likely than men to work at part-time jobs.
4. Many women are unable to work at jobs that provide health insurance because of the time they spend providing unpaid care to sick, disabled, very young, and very old family members.
5. Women are vulnerable to losing health care coverage because of changes in marital status.
6. Women are vulnerable to losing health care coverage because of state and federal budget cuts.
7. Latinas, immigrant women, young women, and rural women face particularly severe obstacles to obtaining medical care. |
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