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March 20, 2012

Report: Women Pay $1 Billion More Each Year for Health Insurance 
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New research has shown women are paying $1 billion more each year than
men for the same health insurance coverage. The report from the National
Women’s Law Center says 92 percent of the top plans in states that
permit so-called "gender rating" charge women more — even though
most of those plans do not cover maternity care. In most states, female
non-smokers are also charged more than male smokers, simply because they
are women. The Obama administration’s new healthcare law will ban
gender rating, starting in 2014.



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