As our conversation about universal health care and its inclusion of women’s health continues, it is important to stay on top of events around the issue. It just works out that this week is Cover the Uninsured week, a week full of events in cities all across America and probably in a town near you! Cover the Uninsured is a campaign run by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Their website highlights programs and lists dates and locations for events happening from now until the middle of May. Go to events around you and raise your concerns as women of America who deserve equal access to good health care.
If you are in fact one of 47 million uninsured Americans, be sure to also check out Cover the Uninsured’s state-specific guides to help you get insurance. With statistics showing nearly 21% of women in their reproductive years were uninsured in 2005, it is vital that the healthcare reform America receives is one that includes reproductive rights for all. The universal health care movement needs women’s rights activists to step up to the plate, and Cover the Uninsured week is the perfect way to get started.
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