I agree with kayo in that economics obviously plays a large part in health care insurance. I was pleased to see that the majority (a slim one) of women are covered by their employers and aren't as dependent on their spouses as seen in the past - but of course there are way too many people that are uninsured and the article rightly points out that this has a lot to do with the high unemployment rate. So yes, health coverage will improve as the economy picks up.

On another note, I knew before reading this that private insurance is expensive, but I didn't realize how little it accounts for the coverage of all women. Also I think medicaid is a good thing, but I don't think it should be the go to - it should only be the fall back. Maybe private insurance needs to become more affordable and less exclusive or medicaid should be expanded to include more of the people at and below poverty level. But alas there is probably a huge cost associated with all of this and there are already economic tensions. Either way there needs to be a way to cover all the uninsured people.

On a completely unrelated note I didn't appreciate how the fact-sheet said women covered under Tricare are either "the spouses or dependents of those in the military", because of course women can be in the military themselves and therefore be covered under Tricare for their service (in fact women make up 20% of the military).