I Am Not a Pre-Existing Condition

In addition to yesterday’s post on the New Office of Women’s Health in House Health Care Bill, I have another National Women’s Day of Action for Health Care Reform postup at the AAUW Dialog blog entitled I Am Not a Pre-Existing Condition. here’s an excerpt:

I have a long list of pre-existing medical conditions, so I have a lot invested in health care and health insurance reform. But even if I didn’t have this crazy, messed-up body with all its injuries, conditions, and surgeries listed in my medical chart, I could still be denied health insurance. At the very least, I would probably have to pay more than a man would.

Why, you ask? The answer is simple. I’m a woman.
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Also, a little National Women’s Day of Action for Health Care Reform link love:

• The Undomestic Goddess takes stock of women’s health care in the U.S. in her post Women’s Day of Action for Health Care Reform
• Criss Writes… has an unbelievably important post on the need to include transgendered women’s health issues as part of any conversation on women’s health in her post The Choice Movement and [Trans] Women’s Health
• The Frisky explains why abortion might derail health care reform in What All Women Need To Know About Health Care Reform And Abortion

So… have you called or emailed your representative and senators to ask them to vote for health care reform? Do it now!