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37 Medical Groups Urge Congress to Fund Women’s Health Gap Plan

By Drooid · Sep 23, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC · How we work

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Congress is urged to fund the National Strategy to Close the Women’s Health Gap.
The strategy backed by 37 medical groups requests $20 billion in federal funds over ten years.
Only 8.8 percent of NIH grants (FY 2013-2023) supported women’s health research.
Physician shortages and burnout are extending wait times and prompting maternity-care hospital closures.
Black women continue to experience significantly worse maternal outcomes than white women.

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Congress is urged to fund the National Strategy to Close the Women’s Health Gap.
The strategy backed by 37 medical groups requests $20 billion in federal funds over ten years.
Only 8.8 percent of NIH grants (FY 2013-2023) supported women’s health research.
Physician shortages and burnout are extending wait times and prompting maternity-care hospital closures.
Black women continue to experience significantly worse maternal outcomes than white women.