For women and families, few issues resonate as profoundly and pervasively as the need for quality health care. Both women and men care about health care quality, but women have a particular stake in the outcome of our nation's evolving health care system. Women spend most of our health care dollars. Women are the majority of enrollees in managed care plans.
Women have unique health care needs that include, but go beyond, reproductive health.
Many of the bill's provisions are especially important to women. The bill also amends federal law to remove obstacles that prevent patients from holding health plans accountable for the decisions they make.