The GOP’s Health Care Plan Would Seriously Raise the Cost of Having a Baby – TIME Money – TIME
“It’s a back-door form of discrimination,” says Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families. “If you take away the requirement around what the plans have to cover, and women can’t get the same plans as men at an affordable price, then you really can’t say it’s not discriminatory.”
Mike Pence gets ‘Working for Women’ award; women’s groups respond: ‘How ironic’ – USA Today – USA Today
“When I saw the announcement, I thought it was quite ironic given Pence’s record on restricting women’s access to reproductive rights and healthcare services, which diminishes their economic opportunities and autonomy,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
How Trump’s budget proposals could impact millions of women – Market Watch – Market Watch
The reduction in resources for the Labor and Justice Departments could lead to less enforcement of equal pay laws and progress toward family leave, said Debra Ness, the president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. “This should be a time when we’re trying to improve opportunities for women in the workplace, making it more family-friendly, eradicating pay discrimination and sexual assault and harassment,” she said.
Families To Pay Price If Maternity Care Coverage Is Cut By GOP – Kaiser Health News – Kaiser Health News
“Anytime you allow people to pick and choose, you’re making the [health] care they don’t pick more expensive,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
The GOP’s Obamacare Replacement Is Just a Gigantic Tax on Women – Daily Beast – The Daily Beast
Stephanie Glover, senior policy analyst at the National Partnership for Women & Families, lays out the AHCA’s one-two-three-four punch to women’s health thusly: “One by one this would be really bad for women’s health. Packaged in a single bill is pretty alarming.”
At ‘People’s Hearing’ in Texas State Capitol, Reproductive Rights Advocates Condemn ‘Bad Medicine’ Laws that Undermine Women’s Health Care – PR Newswire – PR Newswire
“When abortion opponents turn lies into law as they have in Texas, women pay the price. Doctors are forced to lie to their patients, trusted health care clinics are shut down and women are denied care,” said Sarah Lipton-Lubet, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
What do men get that women don’t? Here are a few things – USA TODAY – USA Today
“There is a lot of work to be done before culture and policy can align toward progress,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Why I Called Out Jason Chaffetz on Planned Parenthood – TIME – TIME
As the presidents of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the National Partnership for Women & Families wrote in Annals of Internal Medicine, “Proponents of Planned Parenthood defunding often assert that other providers will fill the gap. They are wrong.”
What’s Changed–and What Hasn’t–Since Both Presidential Candidates Said We Need Paid Leave – Inc. – Inc.
The Trump proposal, says Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, “would do more harm than good. It reinforces sex stereotypes and creates perceptions that women are the ones who need to stay home with children. Plus, the way they want to pay for it is completely untenable.”
Health advocates blast new Trump proposals to stabilize Obamacare marketplace – McClatchy – McClatchy DC
“While the proposed rule issued today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) states that it aims to improve the health and stability of the exchanges and increase affordability for consumers, in reality it would do neither,” National Partnership President Debra Ness said in a statement.