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August 26, 2026 - Philadelphia, PA

On Women's Equality Day, Shapiro Administration Highlights Free Preventive Screenings and Services Available to Pennsylvania Women through Their Insurance

On Women's Equality Day, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) is highlighting the free preventive screenings and services available to Pennsylvania women at no-cost though their health insurance plan.

PID hosted the latest stop of its statewide women's health insurance informational tour in Philadelphia in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Human Services (DHS), the Governor's Advisory Commission on Women, joined by Penn Medicine. The tour, running through September, is designed to directly connect with Pennsylvania women in their communities to highlight what life-saving preventive services are covered at no cost through their health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. At each stop, women are also able to ask questions and share their experiences navigating the health insurance system.

"Today is Women's Equality Day, and we want to celebrate it by bringing this important insurance information to Pennsylvania women directly. All women deserve health care that is accessible and affordable," said Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys. "We know that understanding what is available through your insurance can be the first step toward taking charge of your health. Our informational sessions seek to remind Pennsylvania women what preventive care and services they are entitled to at no additional cost."

Speakers Include:
Dr. Pamela Levin - Penn Medicine Director of Wellness, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Florencia Polite - Penn Medicine Chief, Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology
Michael Humphreys Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner
Sara Goulet - Special Advisor to the Secretary, Department of Human Services
Representative Bridget Kosierowski
Ashley Walkowiak - Governor's Advisory Commission on Women Executive Director



From left, Sara Goulet, special adviser to the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services; Dr. Florencia Polite, chief of the division of general obstetrics and gynecology at Penn Medicine; Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys; state Rep. Bridget Kosierowski; Dr. Pamela Levin, director of wellness in Penn Medicines department of obstetrics and gynecology; and Ashley Walkowiak, executive director of the Governors Advisory Commission on Women, at a press conference at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia highlighting free preventive health services available to women through their insurance.<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_001.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Michael Humphreys at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_002.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Michael Humphreys at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_003.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Michael Humphreys at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_004.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Michael Humphreys at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_005.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Michael Humphreys at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_006.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Michael Humphreys at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_007.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Michael Humphreys at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_008.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Dr. Pamela Levin at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_009.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Dr. Pamela Levin at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_010.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Dr. Pamela Levin at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_011.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Dr. Florencia Polite at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_012.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Dr. Florencia Polite at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_013.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Sara Goulet at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_014.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Sara Goulet at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_015.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Sara Goulet at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_016.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Sara Goulet at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_017.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Rep. Bridget Kosierowski at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_018.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Rep. Bridget Kosierowski at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_019.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Rep. Bridget Kosierowski at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_020.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Rep. Bridget Kosierowski at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_021.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Ashley Walkowiak at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance.<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_022.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Ashley Walkowiak at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance.<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_023.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Ashley Walkowiak at a press conference at Penn Medicines Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia, where the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and partners highlighted free preventive health services available to women through their insurance.<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_024.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> From left, state Rep. Bridget Kosierowski; Dr. Pamela Levin, director of wellness in Penn Medicines department of obstetrics and gynecology; and Sara Goulet, special adviser to the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, at a press conference at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia highlighting free preventive health services available to women through their insurance.<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_025.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> From right, state Rep. Bridget Kosierowski; Dr. Pamela Levin, director of wellness in Penn Medicines department of obstetrics and gynecology; and Sara Goulet, special adviser to the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, at a press conference at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia highlighting free preventive health services available to women through their insurance.<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_026.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Officials from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, the Governors Advisory Commission on Women, the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services and Penn Medicine hold a press conference at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine in Philadelphia to raise awareness of free preventive health services available to women through their health insurance..<br><a href="https://media.pacast.com/photo/29858_ins_womansHealth_SC_027.jpg" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a>