OHSU Charts PATH for Women

Making the Grade: A National and State by State Report Card

This multi-year effort assesses federal and state government performance in promoting and advancing women's health. Policy health planners and others nationwide use Report Card findings to help in decision making concerning women's access to health care insurance, health care programs and other policy issues, such as family leave policies.

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The OHSU Center for Women’s Health (CWH) has established Policy Advisory Toward Health (PATH) for Women, to provide accurate, evidence-based data for women's health policy issues to policymakers and other key stakeholders. PATH for Women is designed to be an information resource for national and regional legislators, health professionals, health policy advocates and the community at large. PATH for Women serves policymakers as the premier evidence-based women’s health policy group for Oregon and beyond.

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In 2004, the Oregon state legislature confirmed that insurance companies offering policies in Oregon must provide coverage for breast and cervical cancer screening exams. This coverage was formerly subject to the "sunset" provision, requiring re-approval every 6 years, but is now part of permanent law.

Working with the OHSU Center for Women's Health Policy/Development Team, and in consultation with the bipartisan Oregon Women's Health and Wellness Alliance, PATH for Women chose to address this issue — coverage of breast and cervical screening — as its first initiative.

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For further information, contact:
Oregon Health & Science University
Director, PATH for Women
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, UHN 50
Portland, OR 97239-3098

Or phone Marjorie McGee, M.S., at 503 494-2685
E-Mail: path@ohsu.edu