The National Partnership made sure that the ground-breaking Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 provided the first federal protection against genetic discrimination and prohibited the denial of health insurance to pregnant women and newborns with health problems. The FMLA now protects only about half of the American workforce. The National Partnership's Quality Health Care Initiative is making sure that women have the basic patient protections and information they need to make good health care decisions for themselves and their families. These standards include giving doctors the last word on how long patients stay in the hospital, letting women see an obgyn without a referral, and keeping medical records confidential. The National Partnership is working to improve the nation's civil rights laws and change the culture of our workplaces to eliminate discrimination at every level.
Women believe employers have a long way to go when it comes to fairness.
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