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We're fighting for universal coverage that meets the needs of women in all of their diversities.
The National Women's Health Network works for high quality, comprehensive, universal health coverage through our Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need (RWV) campaign, a joint initiative founded in 2007 with the Black Women’s Health Imperative and the Women’s Health Program of Community Catalyst (formerly MergerWatch). Through RWV, we ensure that women’s voices are heard and women’s concerns are addressed in the fight for coverage. Our priorities include defending and strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act and building support for policies that advance health equity and address the affordability and accessibility barriers that affect women, immigrants, communities of color, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities.
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ACA 101: How does the ACA work? What health care fights lie ahead?
By: Sarah Christopherson Affordable Care Act (ACA), Health Care Reform, Medicaid MultimediaNWHN Policy Advocacy Director Sarah Christopherson provides a top-level overview of the ACA, how it helped women gain comprehensive health coverage, some exciting advances made in the Biden COVID relief package, and what challenges and opportunities lies ahead.
Dying from Red Tape: Medicaid Work Requirements
By: Sarah Christopherson Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Working Moms Deep Dive ArticlesGOP states are rushing to add cumbersome new requirements that will force workers to lose coverage.
Protecting and Expanding Medicaid Means Confronting Racism Baked into the Program
By: Cindy Pearson Affordable Care Act (ACA), Black Women, Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Medicare, Racism Deep Dive ArticlesWhy is getting covered through Medicaid so much harder than Medicare? There are lots of superficial answers but, at heart, the answer is “racism.”
Oral Health Is a Women’s Health Issue
By: NWHN Staff Affordable Care Act (ACA), Dental Care, Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Women of Color Deep Dive ArticlesOral health is essential throughout a woman’s life, and particularly during pregnancy. But far too many women, especially low-income women and women of color, lack access to comprehensive and affordable dental insurance.
Medicaid Expansion Waivers and Women’s Health
By: Sarah Christopherson Affordable Care Act (ACA), Health Care Reform, Medicaid Deep Dive ArticlesThis research brief examines some of the most common waiver provisions attempted by states and spells out what each means for women as advocates and policymakers work to close the coverage gap.
Health Insurance Guide for Women
By: NWHN Staff Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Raising Women's Voices Consumer Health InfoWhether you are renewing your health insurance or enrolling for the first time, the process can be confusing. We developed a national campaign to help women understand how to better use their health insurance, while anticipating the costs they may have to pay.
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ACA 101: How does the ACA work? What health care fights lie ahead?
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Affordable Care Act (ACA), Health Care Reform, Medicaid MultimediaNWHN Policy Advocacy Director Sarah Christopherson provides a top-level overview of the ACA, how it helped women gain comprehensive health coverage, some exciting advances made in the Biden COVID relief package, and what challenges and opportunities lies ahead.
What’s in the COVID relief package?
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Affordable Care Act (ACA), Congress, COVID-19, Health Care Reform, Medicaid Deep Dive ArticlesWhile several big questions remain, we have a good sense now of the rough outline of the final package and its impact on the ACA.
New Day in Washington: The Next Few Weeks Could Decide the Fate of the Biden Presidency
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Health Care Reform Deep Dive ArticlesIt's a new day in Washington, DC with work already underway. We can't afford to let Senate Democrats put 'decorum' over democracy.
The Day After: Report From Washington
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Health Care Reform Deep Dive ArticlesWe're excited to make progress on COVID relief, the ACA, and more, but deeply shaken by yesterday's violent insurrection, incited by the president of the United States.
The Challenges Ahead for Biden and Harris
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Health Care Reform Deep Dive ArticlesJoe Biden and Kamala Harris won a historic victory. Donald Trump’s refusal to concede puts us in dangerous and unchartered territory. Now big questions remain about the peaceful transition of power, control of the U.S. Senate, and the ability of...
Women’s Health and the 2020 Elections
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Congress, Health Care Reform, Supreme Court Deep Dive ArticlesWhile I can’t say what’s going to happen next, I can say with certainty that the coming election is a matter of literal life and death.
GOP Speeds Ahead With Illegitimate Confirmation
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Health Care Reform Deep Dive ArticlesAmy Coney Barrett may be smarter and smoother than the president who nominated her but she is every bit as Trumpy. Here's how we can stop her.
Saving the Supreme Court: The Next Six Weeks Could Change Everything
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Abortion, Health Care Reform Deep Dive ArticlesIn brazen disregard of their own stated principles, Senate Republicans are ramming through an illegitimate Court nomination with the election on the line.
Why Are Patient Groups Silent on High Drug Prices?
By: NWHN Staff ,Health Care Reform, Prescription Drug Pricing NWHN in the NewsNWHN Executive Director Cynthia Pearson is quoted in an article discussing the silence of patient advocacy groups in regards to high drug prices.
Conservative Courts Are Coming for Our Health Care: How We Fight Back
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Abortion, Health Care Reform, Medication Abortion, Roe v. Wade Deep Dive ArticlesTwo cases offer a warning about how far health care opponents will go to warp the federal judiciary to their ends — and what we must do to fight them.