Women pay more for health care. It adds up.

Segments From This Episode

• Major data privacy bill unveiled

  by Nova Safo

  Two powerful lawmakers on Capitol Hill have reached an agreement on a sweeping set of rules governing data privacy. The proposed legislation would establish national standards, superseding a hodgepodge of state laws.

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• Private equity’s role in health care is under increasing scrutiny

  by Samantha Fields

  

  A Senate committee and two federal agencies are taking closer looks at how private equity’s ownership of hospitals and physician staffing companies is affecting health care.

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• Women pay more than men for health care. That’s leading some of them to declare bankruptcy.

  by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

  

  Even when pregnancy-related costs are stripped out, women still pay more than men.

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