What: Analysts at the Kaiser Family Foundation took a deeper dive into a 2024 survey and found 23% of women reported a health provider treating them with disrespect in the past two years–five percentage points higher than the men who said they had that experience. Of those who said they had been disrespected; weight was the top reason for both men (10%) and women (15%).

Key line: “One in five women (20%) said a health provider has ignored a direct request they made or question they asked, and another one in five (19%) report that a provider has assumed something about them without asking. Nearly one in five women say that a provider didn’t believe they were telling the truth, and one in seven (13%) say their provider suggested they were personally to blame for a health problem they were experiencing. One in 10 women say their provider has refused to prescribe them pain medication they thought they needed.”

Source: KFF