Health insurance for women remains bastion of 'gender pricing' »
Posted By altnrg 6 months ago in Health & FitnessA self-employed 30-year-old woman living in midtown Sacramento could pay as much as $420 a year more for individual health insurance than a man - and the California Legislature is debating whether that's fair.
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Desdamona6 months ago
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Health care companies treat womens health different far beyond the rate differences. Many helth problems that only affect women are not covered by basic health care plans, such as bithing costs, birth control and other reproductive related costs - women must purchase additional coverage for these things. On the other hand they will provide coverage for men on things that only affect men such as ED.
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Beyond that a woman who is at risk for cancer can have one exam a year - if something is wrong additional exams are generally not covered. Are there situations when a man is told not to follow up on a cancer risk - or to pay it on their own if they do? Not likely. It is time that the government does something about the health care discrimination women face and stop acting like womens helth issues are separate from any other health issue.-
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Desdamona6 months ago
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I agree there are many countries where discrimination borders on hostility - but we should not engage in a race to the bottom but strive to always improve the quality of our own country. Even if we are appaled by the actions of other countries it is not enough to simply say at least we are better then that...
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nostalgia6 months ago
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This isn't the only thing health insurers look at
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Zip code is a big one
Go to any website of a medical insurance company and pretend you want coverage
One of the first things they for ask is your zip code - they are looking for areas with high air pollution, large numbers of retired etc.
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