Women Demand Equal Benefits for Equal Premiums

Although she was in perfect health, Peggy Robertson says she was denied health care coverage by an insurance company in 2007 because, they said, she had had a previous cesarean section. But to her surprise, the company denying her coverage -- the Indianapolis-based Golden Rule Insurance Company -- had broken no laws. Robertson recalled the story today during a the Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, highlighting the gap in health care costs and...Full Story