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Article: SEN. MIKULSKI, 24 SENATE COLLEAGUES CONTINUE FIGHT TO END GENDER RATING, DISCRIMINATORY HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY PRACTICES THAT DENY COVERAGE TO WOMEN
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- October 27, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The office of Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a senior member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 24 of her Senate colleagues today sent a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), HELP Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), and Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) encouraging them to maximize this historic opportunity to end punitive practices currently used by insurance companies to deny coverage to women.
The letter urges the group of Senators, who are responsible for merging the HELP and Finance committee bills into one ...