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Today is the first Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day – The 19th

“‘There is no one reason for these wage gaps to occur. There’s a lot of deliberate economic policies, a lot of which are based in our history of eugenics, ableism, racism and sexism in wages, whether people can work, how people can work and all of these different things,’ said Marissa Ditkowsky, disability economic justice counsel for the National Partnership for Women & Families and a lead author of the analysis.”

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How Much Does It Actually Cost to Give Birth? – The Cut

“The point is, don’t freak out over the five-digit bills that show up at first. ‘Those commercial charges are basically a ruse,’ says Carol Sakala, the director of Childbirth Connection programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families. ‘Our research found that hospitals charged over $32,000 for a vaginal birth, on average, but the actual amount paid by the insurance company, the mother, and any other third parties added up to about $18,000. Meanwhile, the out-of-pocket cost is much, much less.'”

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