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In our current health care system, women often face higher health costs than men and multiple other barriers to health insurance. Fewer women are eligible for employer-based coverage, and comprehensive coverage in the individual health care market is often unavailable or prohibitively expensive. In the individual insurance market, women face discrimination -- being charged substantially higher premiums for the same coverage as men or being denied coverage for such "pre-existing conditions" as pregnancy, having had a C-section, or being a victim of domestic violence. In a recent study, more than half of women -- compared with 39% of men -- reported delaying needed medical care due to cost.

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“American presidents and the American people have been inspired by His Holiness, who describes himself as a ‘simple monk, no more, no less.' To Tibetan Buddhists, he is the earthly manifestation of the living Buddha..."