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  • Title: Women at risk: why many women are forgoing needed health care. An analysis of the Commonwealth Fund 2007 Biennial Health Insurance Survey.
    Author: Rustgi SD, Doty MM, Collins SR.
    Journal: Issue Brief (Commonw Fund); 2009 May; 52():1-12. PubMed ID: 19434951.
    Abstract:
    Rising health care costs coupled with eroding health care benefits are having a substantial effect on Americans' ability to get needed health care, with women particularly affected. Women experience cost-related access problems and medical bill problems more often than men. In 2007, more than half (52%) of women reported problems accessing needed care because of cost and 45 percent of women accrued medical debt or reported problems with medical bills. Since women use more health care services than men, they are more exposed to the fragmentation and failings of the current health care system-- underscoring the need for affordable and high-quality health insurance coverage that is available to all.
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