15 Minutes With: Dr. Neel Shah Talks to HealthyWomen About Racism in Healthcare One of the experts from Oprah’s new documentary, “The Color of Care” discusses racism in the healthcare system and how it especially harms Black Women 15 minutes with
Women Having Surgery Get Better Results if Their Surgeon Is a Woman Recent research finds that women are less likely to have complications or die when their surgeon is a woman gender
A Recap: HealthyWomen’s Webinar, “CURES 2.0: Leading Women’s Health Forward” HealthyWomen convened policy experts to examine the potential impact of the CURES 2.0 Act on women’s health health care
Even When IVF Is Covered by Insurance, High Bills and Hassles Abound Only 15 states require insurance to cover fertility treatments infertility
Antimicrobial Resistance Is Bad News for Everyone, but May Hurt Some Communities More Than Others Inequalities put vulnerable people at even greater risk of harm antimicrobial resistance
Health Insurance Coverage for Kids Through Medicaid and CHIP Helps Their Moms Too Family stability can benefit a whole household health insurance
Obesity Among Black Women: Fighting the Disease Through Community Why do Black women have the highest rates of obesity in the U.S.? The answer lies beyond the numbers on the scale. obesity
Healthcare Costs Are More Than a Headache A new survey shows just how often costs affect women’s healthcare decisions access
Transgender People of Color Face Unique Challenges as Gender Discrimination and Racism Intersect The health care system has historically been a fraught with danger for trans people of color transgender
I Was Bleeding to Death on the Bathroom Floor — While the Medics Insisted I Couldn’t Afford the Ambulance Ride I was having a medical emergency but racism, classism and sexism got in the way of my care racism
What’s Sexual Orientation Got to Do With It? LGTBQ People Face Discrimination in Healthcare It’s 2022 — and LGBTQ discrimination in healthcare is still a thing lgbtq
It’s Illegal — but My Insurance Company Refused to Cover My Birth Control The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover birth control — but somehow my birth control of choice still isn’t covered birth control
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iStock.com/MicroStockHub Survey Says: How Women View Health Care and Access to Health Information Our new survey found praise for podcasts and taking an active role in health care Jacquelyne Froeber 24 Feb 2022 Created With Support
iStock.com/TomPhotos The ACA guarantees full contraceptive coverage. Why are women getting denied? Birth control is a right, but insurance companies are defying the law. They must be held accountable. Shannon Shelton Miller 23 Feb 2022 Access & Affordability
Why Millions on Medicaid Are at Risk of Losing Coverage in the Months Ahead As of July, nearly 1 in 4 Americans were enrolled in the program HealthyWomen Editors 14 Feb 2022 Access & Affordability