Whereas, in 2006, 1 in 5 women of childbearing age lacked health insurance coverage, a rate exceeding that for all Americans under age 65; Whereas, in 2008, only 12 percent of health insurance plans on the individual market covered maternity care; Whereas, in 2009, nearly one-third of women reported that they either lacked health insurance coverage or were in transition between types of coverage around the time of pregnancy; Whereas uninsured pregnant women are less likely to seek prenatal care during the first trimester or receive the optimal number of visits during their pregnancy, and have a 31 percent higher likelihood of experiencing an adverse health outcome after giving birth; Whereas inadequate use of prenatal care is associated with increased risks of low birth weight infants, preterm births, neonatal mortality, infant mortality, and maternal mortality; Whereas every $1 spent on prenatal care saves $3.38, primarily in reduced spending for low birth weight and preterm infants; Whereas, prior to the enactment of current law, a 25-year-old woman could pay as much as 81 percent more than a man for identical health insurance coverage, a practice that cost women approximately $1 billion annually; Whereas uninsured women with breast cancer are 30 to 50 percent more likely to die from the disease; Whereas uninsured nonelderly women are three times less likely to have had a Pap test within the last three years, with a 60 percent greater risk of a late-stage cervical cancer diagnosis; Whereas more than 55 million women with private health insurance currently have access to coverage with no cost sharing of evidence-based preventive services, including breast and cervical cancer screening, breastfeeding services and supplies, contraception and contraceptive counseling, screening for interpersonal and domestic violence, counseling for sexually transmitted infections, screening for human immunodeficiency virus infection, screening for gestational diabetes, and well-woman preventive visits