NOW and Health Care

General Information

• Why a Public Health Care Plan is Best for Women
• 1993 Resolution: Single Payer Health Care

Related Issues: Reproductive Rights Issues, Health

Take Action

• Mad As Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore!
• Health Care Bill Must Drop Abortion Language, Include Public Option
• NO to Commission that will Cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid
• Support the Healthy Families Act

Latest News

• President Obama Breaks Faith with Women (03/10)
• White House Health Care Reform Bill Denies Women's Basic Rights (03/10)
• White House Health Care Plan Fails Women (02/10)
• NOW Echoes President Obama: Don't Quit on Women (01/10)
• Mad As Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore! (01/10)
• Health Care Bill Must Drop Abortion Language, Include Public Option (01/10)
• Senate Health Care Bill Passes With Unacceptable Restrictions on Women's Rights; There Is Still Time To Reverse the Damage (12/09)
• Oppose Stealth Stupak Provision in Senate Bill (12/09)
• NOW Applauds Senate Defeat of Abortion Ban Amendment, Urges Removal of Stupak-Pitts in Conferenc (12/09)
• NOW President Condemns Compromised Health Care Bill; Women's Access to Abortion Care Traded Away (12/09)
• NOW to Senate: Don't Let Us Down on Health Care Reform (12/09)
• Mammograms Should Be Covered by Insurance for Women of All Ages, but Research Shows Need for Better Technology (12/09)
• Get Ready! Senate Abortion Ban Vote May be this Weekend (12/09)
• Call Your Senators to Take a Pledge Against Abortion Ban (12/09)
• Senator Mikulski's Women's Health Amendment Is an Important Improvement to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill (12/09)
• NOW to Rally in Pitts' Pennsylvania District to Denounce Stupak-Pitts Amendment (11/09)
• Tell Your Senators to Vote Against 'Hyde on Steroids' (11/09)
• Strip Stupak! Campaign (11/09)
• NOW Opposes Health Care Bill That Strips Millions of Women of Abortion Access: Says Bill Obliterates Women's Fundamental Right to Choose (11/09)
• Urge House Members to Reject More Abortion Restrictions (11/09)
• Join SisterSong in Washington, D.C., Nov. 7-9 (10/09)
• Angry, Fed Up, Broke But Not Silent: Women Speak Up About Their Health Care Nightmares (09/09)
• Bad Health Care Bill Penalizes Women: More Amendments Limiting Reproductive Health Care and Excessive Premium Rates for Older Women <09/09)
• Why a Public Health Care Plan is Best for Women (09/09)
• Sign on Letter: Age and Gender Discrimination Letter to President Obama (09/09)
• Oppose Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill (09/09)
• NOW Urges Single-Payer as Best for Women; Says Reproductive Health Care Must Be Covered (09/09)
• Tell President Obama: I Want a Strong Public Health Insurance Plan (09/09)
• Ted Kennedy -- Women's Rights Strongest Champion in Congress (09/09)
• NOW President Terry O'Neill to Stand with Reproductive Health Care Providers, Defenders in Nebraska (08/09)
• NOW Outraged at House Vote on Abortion Coverage -- Women's Rights Traded Away (07/09)
• Single-Payer Health Care Would Benefit Women, Promote Equality and Justice for All (07/09)
• Urge House Members Today to Support Single-Payer (07/09)
• Reproductive Health Care in Reform Bills Threatened (07/09)
• 2009 Conference Videos: Donna Smith, Woman of Action Award Honoree (07/09)
• Tell Congress, 'Support Single-Payer Health Care!' (07/09)
• Below the Belt: Can We Cure the Ailing U.S. Health Care System? (07/09)
• 2009 National NOW Conference Resolutions: Health Care for Women with Disabilities (07/09)
• 2009 National NOW Conference Resolutions: Single-Payer Health Care is an Economic Justice Issue (07/09)
• Support the Healthy Families Act (06/09)
• Feminist Agenda Survey Results: Many Issues Linked in Struggle for Women's Equality (02/09)
• VICTORY! State Child Health Insurance Bill Passes Senate (01/09)
• Ask Senate to Vote for Children's Health Plan and Include Legal Resident Immigrant Children (01/09)
• Senate Urged to Follow House Lead, Pass Inclusive SCHIP Bill (01/09)
• It's Your Call: National Call-in Day Jan. 15 for Health Care (01/09)

2008

• Executive Action Proposals for Women (12/08)
• Read NOW's Feminist Action Agenda for 2009 (12/08)
• Join the Call-in Day for Health Care (12/08)
• Below The Belt column by Kim Gandy: We Need A Shot In The Arm (10/08)
• Victory! Mental Health Parity Bill Adopted (10/08)
• NNT: What the Next President Can Do for Women and Girls (09/08)
• Letter To Congress: Help Native Women! Support The Indian Health Care Improvement Act (H.R. 1328) (PDF) (09/08)
• 2008 National NOW Conference Resolutions: Healthcare Funding Crisis (07/08)
• Urge Senators to Protect Medicaid by Delaying Harmful Regulations (05/08)
• Support International Women's Health Services (04/08)
• Restore Affordable Birth Control (03/08)

2007

• NOW, Hundreds of Groups Demand Health Care for Immigrant Children (12/07)
• Demand National Health Care for Everyone (07/07)
• NOW Calls on Congress to Remember our Children and Override Presidential Veto (10/07)
• Demand National Health Care for Everyone (07/07)
• Support the Healthy Families Act (07/07)
• Demand Accountability for Women's Health at the FDA (05/07)
• NOW Supports the State Children's Health Insurance Program (03/07)
• Insurance Companies Label Eating Disorders "Behavioral Illnesses," Refuse to Cover Mental Health Costs (01/07)

2004

• Pink Ribbons Everywhere: Concerns About Breast Cancer Funding (12/04)
• Pharmacist Knows Best? Women Beg to Differ (12/04)
• NOW Renews Call for Universal, Single-Payer Health Insurance (5/04)
• The Time for Single-Payer, Universal Health Care Coverage is Now! (5/04)

2002

• U.S. Recommends Mammograms, but Who's Paying? (2/02)

2001

• Feminists Demand Affordable Anti-Cancer Drug, Take On Pharmaceutical Manufacturer (12/01)
• NOW Sends Message to Bristol Myers-Squibb: "Stop Risking Women's Lives and Health for Profit" (5/01)

1999

• Call for Bipartisan Patients' Bill (10/99)

1997

• FDA Repeal Bill Threatens Women's Health (1997)