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Dr. Paula Johnson: With federal health law, Congress must keep an eye toward women’s health

By Chelsea Conaboy

 |  Globe Staff  

  November 08, 2011

The state’s 2006 health law expanded insurance coverage for women ages 18 to 64 from 91 percent the year the bill was signed to 97 percent as of 2009. It boosted access to maternity care and contraception and it prohibited practices that blocked care for women, such as using gender as a factor in determining the price of a plan. But women in the state continue to face some challenges. Dr. Paula Johnson of Brigham & Women’s Hospital last month brought a list of lessons learned to Washington.

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