  KWH article index >> When it comes to health care coverage for women, it’s not getting better all the time. Nationally, changes in the health care industry have wrought a 4% rise in the number of uninsured working-age women from 1993 (14%) to 1998(18%). The problem is particularly widespread and persistent among women who are younger and unmarried, or who have low incomes and are less educated than others are. What’s causing the rising uninsurance rate among women? In part, a decline in private individual and employer-based coverage. The report’s authors found that seven of 10 uninsured women work full time or have a husband with a full time job. And in the five-years surveyed, the percentage of women covered by private insurance fell from 77% to 72%. Low-income women suffered a larger drop in coverage. Those earning less than $15,000 annually recorded a private insurance coverage rate of 37% in 1998, down from 44% in 1993. For those earning $15,000 to $35,000, the rate fell from 82% to 72% Join thousands of other Pennsylvanians who last year secured an additional one million dollars ($1,000,000!) for preventive health care for women in Pennsylvania. With your help we know that we can be even more successful than last year at securing funds for vital health care services for Pennsylvania's women. I know you are interested in healthier families in Pennsylvania, so email us today to learn more about how you and/or your organization can join Keeping Women Healthy If you have any questions or comments, please contact 215-985-6870 or email us at kwh@concerningwomen.com.
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