March 31st Listening Session: Access to Health Care through Insurance for Women and their Dependents

Individuals who sign-up will be allotted time to share their thoughts and experiences.

Date: March 31, 2021

Time: 1pm-4pm

How: Please register to get Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/2msjxz5k

To Speak: To speak after the invited panelists, email joy.hatchette@maryland.gov.

Commissioner Kathleen A. Birrane and the Maryland Insurance Administration, together with the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange and the Maryland Department of Health, will hold the Session to hear from both invited panelists and consumers regarding the role that insurance plays in enabling women to access health care for themselves and their dependents – and where gaps, challenges, confusion, and barriers exist.

Throughout 2021, Commissioner Birrane and the MIA will hold a series of Listening Sessions to help the MIA more fully understand the experiences of specific communities relating to certain kinds of insurance. These Listening Sessions will assist us to fulfill our statutory mission to serve Marylanders both in our enforcement of Maryland’s insurance laws and in our development of tools, guides, and programs for consumers.

Confirmed Participants:

• CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
• Chesapeake Health Care
• Disability and Health Inclusion Program Advisory Committee
• House of Ruth Maryland
• Johns Hopkins Health Care LLC
• Kaiser Permanente
• The Latino Health Initiative
• Maryland Coalition of Families
• Maryland Department of Health
• Maryland Health Connection
• Maryland Maternal Health Initiatives Program
• MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society
• Meritus Health
• Mountain Laurel Medical Center
• Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc.
• Public Policy Partners
• University of Maryland Medical System
• Weinberg Center for Women’s Health at Mercy
• Women’s Law Center of Maryland

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Source: Maryland Insurance Administration, March 29, 2021