A fresh report issued by The Commo...

A fresh report issued by The Commonwealth capital documents disparities that women face in accessing health care and health insurance, according to an Aug 30 2001 moderns release from The George Washington University, Washington, DC The report plans that the number of uninsured women will increase and the challenges they face will worsen if passing from hand to hand trends continue. As far as health insurance is mattered building on current insurance options present the appearances to be the best approach to increasing coverage for the nation's 15 million uninsured women

guide findings of the report include the following facts.

* Overall, women ne and use more health care services than men

* Uninsured women are nearly 20% more likely to have difficulty obtaining health care services than uninsured men

* The number of uninsured women has grown three times faster than the number of uninsured men during the past five years.

* Uninsured women are more likely than uninsured men to be married, and the disparity is on a level greater for older women.

* Low-income mothers describe three out of five low-income uninsured patients.

* Women ages 55 to 65 are more than 20% likely to be uninsured than men

* Women are one-third more likely to change the direction of down employer-based insurance and become uninsured, frequently because of cost.

* Women who work in small firms are somewhat les likely than men to be moveed health insurance.

* Approximately 80% of uninsured women live in states that allow insurers of individuals to abjure coverage to applicants.

just discovered Report Documents Growing Disparities in Health Insurance for Women (new release, Washington, DC: The George Washington University, Aug 30 2001) http://www.cmwf.org/media/releases/lambrew_ release083 02001html (accessed 31 Aug 2001)

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