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Saturday May 18th 2013

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Health Plan Cost Discrimination

health careIn the vast majority of states, women pay more than men for the same health coverage through a discriminatory practice known as “gender rating.” Research by the National Women’s Law Center shows that in states that haven’t banned gender rating, over 92% of the top plans charge women more than men, in spite of the fact that majority of them do not cover maternity costs reports CNN.com