Susan Davis: “Sometimes it takes a woman speaking up for other women to make unfair and inappropriate health care practices a thing of…”

“Sometimes it takes a woman speaking up for other women to make unfair and inappropriate health care practices a thing of the past. Last June, I introduced the Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act, the WOMAN Act, to ensure that every woman has direct access to her OB/GYN. As a State assembly member, I offered the law allowing women direct access to their OB/GYN in California. Unfortunately, many women have not had that access. But I'm happy to say that similar provisions were included in the final health care package. Patients, employees, primary care physicians, and health plan providers all save money and time if women are allowed direct access to their OB/GYNs. Across the Nation, women will no longer have to contend with the gatekeeper system that can prevent or delay lifesaving care. Women should not need a permission slip to receive OB/GYN care, no questions asked.”