Access to Health Care

Although this isn't a problem with the health of women, it can lead to health problems because many women can't get the right health services, medicines, and supplies when they need them. Some reasons include:

• They can't pay for it and don't have health insurance.
• They have no way to get to a doctor.
• They have physical limitations that make it hard to get to a doctor.
• They don't understand the language.

There are a lot of reasons why there are differences in health among women. Lack of health insurance is a major stumbling block to health care for African American women. Compared with White women, African American women are twice as likely to lack health insurance. Below are resources for women to help them get health care services.