Wait, what? The HCR bill STILL lets insurance companies charge women more?

Women Charged More for Being Women - One of the major selling points to women for supporting reform was that gender rating would be prohibited, but now under pressure from profit-driven insurance companies, this harmful practice will be permitted if the Senate version becomes the final bill. Discussions about resolving differences between Senate and House versions of health care reform legislation are concluding soon. General consensus indicates that provisions of the more conservative Senate bill will prevail which means that gender discrimination could be in the final version.

Gender discrimination or gender rating, where women are charged more (up to 48 percent more) than men -- often with fewer benefits -- will be allowed for companies with more than 100 employees who obtain coverage through the new Health Insurance Exchanges. The vast majority of workers are in companies with 100 or more employees.