Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 8, 2024 – “Today, we join with our friends and allies in Virginia vowing to continue the fight for paid leave, following the disappointing...
Top Ten Consumer Benefits of Health Information Technology
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program (e.g. “Meaningful Use”) is an essential catalyst for improving the quality, safety and efficiency of care. Patients and families have already begun to experience early benefits, which will grow exponentially in...
Telemedicine: Improving Women’s Access to Health Care Through Innovation
Telemedicine is the delivery of any health care service or the transmission of health information using telecommunications technology. It includes videoconferencing, transmission of still images, patient portals, remote monitoring of vital signs, and more.
Medicaid Block Grants and Caps Will Hurt Women and Families
Medicaid, the nation’s principal safety net health insurance program, provides critical health care for millions of lower income women, including many older women and women with disabilities.
Steps for Engaging Consumers
Ensuring substantive and meaningful consumer participation in a health IT initiative can help facilitate adoption of patient-centered innovations, and ultimately, speed and enhance the adoption of health IT in a community.
Consumer Vision for Health IT and Diagram (Diagram)
As the nation begins to reform our health care system, it is clear that Health Information Technology (HIT) is a critical and foundational element for change. References to HIT were woven throughout the recently enacted health reform law as a foundational component of...
Consumer Vision for Health IT and Diagram (PDF)
As the nation begins to reform our health care system, it is clear that Health Information Technology (HIT) is a critical and foundational element for change. References to HIT were woven throughout the recently enacted health reform law as a foundational component of...
Why Women Need the Affordable Care Act: Older Women Need ACA
Because women live longer, they make up more than half of the Medicare population and are more likely to have multiple chronic conditions. As both caregivers and patients, older women have borne the brunt of shortcomings in our health care system – high costs, poor...
Why Women Need the Affordable Care Act: Prevention & Wellness
Women are often not receiving the preventive or chronic care management services they need to stay healthy. This is especially true for minority women and women with disabilities.
Why Women Need the Affordable Care Act: Health Status
Compared with men, women are more likely to be in fair or poor health and face greater rates of disease or chronic conditions on a number of indicators. This is compounded for women of color, women with disabilities, and lesbians.
Why Women Need the Affordable Care Act: Coverage Statistics
Family economic insecurity is on the rise. Increasing numbers of women and families are losing employer-sponsored insurance and either going without insurance or enrolling in Medicaid.
Why the Affordable Care Act Matters for Women: Improving Health Coverage for Lower-Income Women
The high cost of health care places a particular burden on lower-income women who need health services but often struggle to pay premiums and out-of-pocket costs. The problem has been exacerbated because many insurers charge women higher rates simply because of their...
EACH Act Coalition Letter to Congress
LETTER | 26 organizations urge Congress to bring the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act to the floor for a vote before the end of the year.
Our Communities Hold the Solutions
REPORT | The importance of full-spectrum doulas to reproductive health and justice
Our Communities Hold the Solutions – Recommendations for Congress
BRIEF | Full-spectrum doulas are more important than ever in the post-Roe landscape.
Closing the Coverage Gap Could Improve Coverage, Economic Security, and Health Outcomes for Over 650,000 Black Women
Health Care Costs Will Rise if ACA’s Premium Tax Credits Expire
American Rescue Plan Act ACA Premium Tax Credits (PTCs) are set to expire this year. At a time of rising costs for families, in particular for families of color and families with low incomes, a jump in the cost of health premiums could force millions to become...
Spotlight on Success: Roots Community Birth Center
CASE STUDY | The Roots Community Birth Center demonstrates the exceptional value of community-based and -led forms of the birth center model for communities disadvantaged by structural racism, intergenerational underinvestment, and other forms of discrimination.
Recommendations to Increase Access to Community Birth Settings
RECOMMENDATIONS | For many pregnant people, community birth options offer better care, more positive experiences, improved health outcomes, and potential cost benefits.
Executive Summary: Improving Maternity Care Through Community Birth Settings
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | Research shows that there are specific care models that can make a concrete difference in improving maternity care quality and producing better outcomes, including for birthing People of Color. One of these is the care provided in community birth...
Improving Our Maternity Care Now Through Community Birth Settings
REPORT | This report outlines the evidence that supports the unique value of community birth settings across different communities, the safety and effectiveness of care in these settings in improving maternal and infant outcomes, the interest of birthing people in use...