Fighting for Universal Healthcare: A Call to Women on International Women’s Day

Healthcare is one of America’s most dysfunctional and confusing industries, and women bear the brunt of the problem when it comes to both access and treatment. Women, who make 80 percent of healthcare decisions for their families,1 are disproportionately impacted by the complex nature of our healthcare system—but are also uniquely poised to fix it. 

Through my work as the Founder and CEO of Day Health Strategies, my many years as a personal activist and now, as the author of a new book, Marching Toward Coverage – How Women Can Lead the Fight for Universal Healthcare,2 I endeavor to help transform healthcare.  I hope to do so in part by inspiring a groundswell of activism, led by everyday women, that can create the incentives our political leaders need to change course.

Women can no longer sit back and watch as politicians dismantle the healthcare reforms made possible by the Affordable Care Act. Instead, we need to move past the current political polarization and continue to march toward healthcare for all.


Women Should Lead the Way

International Women’s Day celebrates womens’ contributions to society, raises awareness about the fight for gender parity and inspires support for organizations that help women globally.  It also serves as an opportunity to shine a light on important topics and sound a call to action!  

This year’s International Women's Day theme, #EachforEqual, reminds everyone that it’s on each of us to help create a gender-equal world, including equality in healthcare.  In honor of International Women’s Day 2020, here are ways in which my book encourages change led by women:

  • Inform women about the current barriers to accessing affordable healthcare;

  • Inspire women to advocate for change and get involved in healthcare activism (there are many ways to get involved and varying degrees of involvement to pursue); and

  • Invite women to share their stories and encourage others.

Do you want to get involved? 

Do you have a story to share?

If so, please leave me a comment and/or share this blog posting.

#EachforEqual


Rosemarie Day helped lead the launch of health reform in Massachusetts in 2006, which became the model for the Affordable Care Act. She has been working on health reform ever since, and is passionate about universal healthcare and women's health issues. She is the founder and CEO of Day Health Strategies, a successful mission-driven, woman-owned consulting firm that just entered its 10th year. She is also a mother, a breast cancer survivor and an activist. She is the author of the book, Marching Toward Coverage:  How Women Can Lead the Fight for Universal Healthcare (Beacon Press, 2020). For additional bio information, click here

Rosemarie can be reached at [email protected].  You can also find her on Twitter (@Rosemarie_day1) and Instagram (rosemarieday_author).

 


1 Fact Sheet: General Facts on Women and Job Based Health,” US Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration.

2 In my book, Marching Toward Coverage, I give women the clear information they need to move this agenda forward by breaking down complicated topics, like the Affordable Care Act, preexisting conditions, and employer-sponsored plans, in an accessible manner.

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