Women and health insurance

[Sutter'sBeard]

The ho-ha is much more high maintenance than the shlong. Men seem to maintenance their shlong on their own.

[Jocephus]

The ho-ha is much more high maintenance than the shlong. Men seem to maintenance their shlong on their own.

i dont think ive heard that word since high school...hahaha

[Popeye_Card]

I'm sure this topic will be boring for some, but it inflames me that some states, like MO, charge women 140% of what men of the same age pay for healthcare. I'm sure a great deal of that is factoring in pregnancy. Do I need to elaborate upon how unfair this is?

I'm a bit confused. The state is charging for insurance? Are you talking about government employees?

I don't know that it's that unfair. Women go to the doctor more often than men for all sorts of things, so the cost for them is higher to the insurer. It's no more unfair than myself, being a single male, paying for insurance for years and years, while never going to the doctor while Coughy McHackinstuff down the hall chomps down another donut after getting back from the doctor for the 4th time this month. Yet we both pay the same rate for our insurance.

[tothebeach08]

When I was young and single and got pregnant, I worked for a small company. Only at that time did we get informed that maternity coverage was an option that the company declined. So I was basically pregnant without insurance coverage and had to go to a clinic. That was another joke because I wasn't on welfare, I had a decent enough job, but to get on board at a clinic for a pregnancy there are income limits. It took many, many weeks to find a clinic that I qualified for. I ended up paying about $3000 for the doctor appointments and delivery. Which ended up being a loss for them because it was a flat rate charge based on income and I had to have a c-section which increased the expenses they had to eat. When it was time to go back to work, I got the great job I have now at a place with over 3000 employees and lots of rules that are spelled out and there is no guessing or surprises.

[Leroy]

I was told that this could be solved by outlawing abortions.

[tothebeach08]

I was told that this could be solved by outlawing abortions.

You know, the bad thing is the place I worked for was "family owned" and they would have paid for me to have an abortion but I never would have done that. As soon as they found out I was pregnant and having him, the looks and attitude I got were very obvious. They didn't want their teenage daughters to get any ideas so I was pretty much from then on an outcast.

My kicker is that the company went out of business shortly after I left, not because of me (of course) but because they were a bunch of crooked a-holes and it all finally caught up with them. But I like to think my voo-doo doll worked too.