Outdated Health Benefit Laws Penalize Working Women; New Book Examines Problems Facing Modern Women; Identifies Needed Changes
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DALLAS, May 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Senate has declared this week, "Health Week," with a focus on medical malpractice reform, among other items. Yet according to the authors of the new book Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws, the Senate should be looking for ways to update our health care system to better meet the needs of women and modern families.
"Health care is routinely near the top of women's concerns, partially due to the fact that women are more frequent consumers of care," said Kim Strassel, co-author of the book and an editorial writer with the Wall Street Journal. "However women's experience with health care, including their ability to maintain a consistent doctor relationship, is complicated by the way we typically attain health insurance."See the full content of this document
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Outdated Health Benefit Laws Penalize Working Women; New Book Examines Problems Facing Modern Women; Identifies Needed Changes
The United States encourages employers to provide health insurance as a benefit of employment. The current system was devised i...
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