Discrimination on the basis of gender is nothing new. Women have been fighting for equal rights, equal pay, and equal treatment by employers and society alike since the dawn of time. But many people do not realize that insurance companies have been charging women higher coverage rates than men, and some members of the United States Senate have chosen to address the issue through the initial stages of drafting legislation to stop it. On Tuesday, May 5, the Senate Finance Committee met to discuss health care reform, specifically a closer federal regulation of the industry as a whole. Though a number of topics were brought to the floor, including single-payer health insurance plans and public versus private health care companies, it was a focus on gender parity and the need for action that seemed to resonate with most members of the committee. President of America’s Health Insurance Plans Karen Ignagni was present to testify at the hearing and discussed the need for an end to gender discrimination regarding health insurance policy rates. Since many lawmakers already agree that bias on the basis of health history is unethical and discriminatory, it is more than fair that insurance companies give […]