Thinkprogress:
Writing at the Wonk Room today, Elizabeth Edwards, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, points out that the individual market for health care — as advocated by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) — would discriminate against women. Edwards explains that health care insurers “‘rate-up’ my insurance bill for not only my status as a breast cancer patient, but also my gender,” noting that women are forced to pay more for health insurance:
The point is that the insurers have given us just another example about how the individual market is fundamentally broken. Embracing it as the solution to our health crisis – as the McCain plan proposes to – will only make matters worse.
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" Edwards explains that health care insurers “‘rate-up’ my insurance bill for not only my status as a breast cancer patient, but also my gender,” noting that women are forced to pay more for health insurance"
McSame is so going to hell, it's not even funny.
Yeah, compare the cost of a baby delivery to that of open heart surgery, compare birth control pills to the price of Viagra, etc., etc.
More men have open heart surgery because doctors actually believe they have heart problems. Too many doctors ignore heart problems in women. They usually keel over and die before getting the correct diagnosis.
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