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So I was looking for recipes in old issues of BUST mag and found one in the FEB/MAR2009 issue for V-day and forgot this short article that raised my brows! It was about how women pay more for health care:
BIG BUSINESS UNFAIR TO YOUR LADY BUSINESS: WHY WOMEN PAY MORE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE by Laura Krafft
"Bust readers know it's great to be a gal, but have you ever looked through a guy's medicine cabinet and realized how much more expensive it is to be you? Forget the hair products, makeup, birth control, and pink razors--tampons are like rolled-gauze gold--because the expense differential doesn't stop there. According to the The New York Times, "Striking new evidence has emerged of a widespread gap in the cost of health insurance, women pay much more than men of the same age for individual policies providing identical coverage." Apparently, women are most apt to get regular checkups, fill their prescriptions, and are more conscientious about taking care of themselves. Anyone who's ever spent the night resting her head on a single guy's twice annually-cleaned pillowcase could tell you that. But while insurance companies claim it's this cost of upkeep that adds up, what isn't mentioned is that women are charged for child-bearing costs, despite the fact that most policies tack on actual maternity costs as an extra expense. That's right: insurance agencies are actuarially charging women for the mere possession of reproductive organs. Which is why insurance superintendent Mila Kofman is quoted as saying, "There's a strong public-policy reason to prohibit gender-based rates. Only women can bear children. But women should not have to bear the entire expense." Agreed. Next, let's figure out a way to reduce the cost of tampons."
Okay, I don't have insurance yet but for any of you that do, what do you think of that?
BIG BUSINESS UNFAIR TO YOUR LADY BUSINESS: WHY WOMEN PAY MORE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE by Laura Krafft
"Bust readers know it's great to be a gal, but have you ever looked through a guy's medicine cabinet and realized how much more expensive it is to be you? Forget the hair products, makeup, birth control, and pink razors--tampons are like rolled-gauze gold--because the expense differential doesn't stop there. According to the The New York Times, "Striking new evidence has emerged of a widespread gap in the cost of health insurance, women pay much more than men of the same age for individual policies providing identical coverage." Apparently, women are most apt to get regular checkups, fill their prescriptions, and are more conscientious about taking care of themselves. Anyone who's ever spent the night resting her head on a single guy's twice annually-cleaned pillowcase could tell you that. But while insurance companies claim it's this cost of upkeep that adds up, what isn't mentioned is that women are charged for child-bearing costs, despite the fact that most policies tack on actual maternity costs as an extra expense. That's right: insurance agencies are actuarially charging women for the mere possession of reproductive organs. Which is why insurance superintendent Mila Kofman is quoted as saying, "There's a strong public-policy reason to prohibit gender-based rates. Only women can bear children. But women should not have to bear the entire expense." Agreed. Next, let's figure out a way to reduce the cost of tampons."
Okay, I don't have insurance yet but for any of you that do, what do you think of that?
