The Governor’s Women’s Health Advisory Council, New Mexico Children’s Cabinet, New Mexico Health Policy Commission and University of New Mexico’s Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Center will host a policy briefing on maternity benefits in health plans at the Albuquerque Hilton Hotel on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 1:30 p.m.
A forum to eliminate barriers for women and their families, the briefing will present the latest information about maternity benefits and women’s health laws at the federal and state levels.
Guest speakers include Lisa Codispoti, National Women’s Law Center, Liz Stefanics, New Mexico Health Policy Commission and Mari Spaulding-Bynon, Premium Assistance for Maternity program of the New Mexico Health and Human Services Department.
Codispoti will talk about the National Women’s Law Center’s newest report on maternity benefits in individual health plans, “Nowhere to Turn: How the Individual Health Insurance Market Fails Women.”
To attend complete the online registration form by Friday, Oct 17 at: Policy Briefing.
For more information, call the Governor’s Women’s Health Advisory Council at (505) 222-6608.
The Albuquerque Hilton is located at 1901 University Blvd. NE, between Menaul Boulevard and Indian School Road.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu
Posted by kwentworth at October 16, 2008 04:10 PM