Excerpts from Ourselves, Growing Older
Most of the women in Our Bodies Ourselves (known then as the Boston Women's Health Book Collective) were in their twenties and thirties when they first came together. Our Bodies, Ourselves explored the pressing health concerns in their lives at the time: childbirth, abortion, birth control, and sexuality. As these pioneers of the second wave of feminism grew older and interacted with more women of all ages, they realized that the health concerns of middle-aged and older women also needed to be explored and questioned. Ourselves Growing Older was born out of the recognition of this need.
The most recent edition, The New Ourselves Growing Older, was published in 1994. We are pleased to present one important chapter, "Women's Health and Reforming the Medical Care System," in its entirety here on our website.
WOMEN’S HEALTH AND REFORMING THE MEDICAL-CARE SYSTEM
By Diana Laskin Siegal
Special thanks to Norma Meras Swenson, Alice Quinlan, and Eve Nichols
1994 Udate by Norma Meras Swenson with help from Diana Laskin Siegal and Paula B. Doress-Worters
Special Thanks to Naomi Cotter, Joan Ditzion, Arthur Mazer, and Wendy Sanford
Introduction
Aging Is Not A Disease
Women’s Health And The Medical Care System
Government Research In Women’s Health
Women’s Stake In Changing The System
National Health Reform
Health Insurance Systems Today
Government Insurance (Medicare/Medicaid): "Entitlement" Programs
Things You Can Do Now To Get Health And Medical Care
Reforming Health-Insurance Practices
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