Nowhere to Turn: How the Individual Health Insurance Market Fails Women

The new report by the National Women's Law Center, Nowhere to Turn: How the Individual Health Insurance Market Fails Women, was released in September 2008. Download the new report now.

Many Americans are unfamiliar with the harsh realities of the individual health insurance market because they receive health insurance through an employer. However, as a number of prominent health care reform proposals consider expanding the role of the individual market, it is important to understand how this system fails women.

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NWLC in the News:

• Women Paying More for Health Insurance, NBC Nightly News, November 11, 2008
• Editorial: Gouging Women on Health Insurance, The New York Times, November 3, 2008
• Women Buying Health Policies Pay a Penalty, The New York Times, October 29, 2008
• Women Pay More for Health Insurance: Report, ABC News, October 30, 2008
• Insurance Companies Charge Women More, The Chicago Tribune, October 30, 2008
• Gender Gap Discovered in Health Insurance, San Diego Union-Tribune, October 30, 2008
• Health Insurance Premiums, Diversity Inc., October 31, 2008
• Editorial: Women Pay More Insurance — Why? , Miami Herald, November 3, 2008 

NWLC in the Blogs:

• When Women Get Charged More for Health Insurance, MomsRising.org, October 30, 2008
• Women Pay Higher Insurance Premiums on the Individual Market, RH Reality Check, October 30, 2008
• Women Pay More for Individual Plans, Gooznews.com, October 30, 2008

You can also:

• Learn more! NWLC held a webinar on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. to share more about our report. You can listen to a recording of our webinar and download the slides from the webinar. 

• Take action! The individual health insurance market is failing women. And now a number of prominent health care reform proposals are considering the expansion of the individual health insurance market. Tell Congress that health reform must meet women's needs.

• Get additional information! You can find out more information about women's health in your state by visiting Making the Grade on Women's Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card 2007, a report by the National Women's Law Center and Oregon Health & Science University.