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In reply to the discussion: I pay health insurance for lots of conditions I don't have [View all]Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)75. There are a lot of choices that affect health -- food, drink, smoking, exercise.
It's interesting that so many focus in on pregnancy.
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The fact that people are missing is that women don't get pregnant without a man involved.
phleshdef
Oct 2013
#12
Someone in the media or the blogosphere is complaining about this? Not on DU, right?
CrispyQ
Oct 2013
#13
Nowadays, pre-natal care can make the difference between a healthy child who can live and
JDPriestly
Oct 2013
#84
who else participates in this whole pregnancy thing? or is it really only the woman that is involved
seabeyond
Oct 2013
#29
There are a lot of choices that affect health -- food, drink, smoking, exercise.
Arugula Latte
Oct 2013
#75
Exactly. Perhaps someone saw that it's easy to get DU spun up around gender issues.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#41
I think sometimes people are in no condition to-- think things through--let's say.
ismnotwasm
Oct 2013
#46
I really think he was saying we all pool together. He chose prostate cancer without know
seabeyond
Oct 2013
#52
Yeah, I mean once you try to go down the road of picking and choosing, etc. it'll never end.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#51
Where are these posts that say pregnancy should be covered but not prostate cancer?
kcr
Oct 2013
#50
Wee Free Man that you are, I'm sure you know that women have *always* had to pay for men's care
Hekate
Oct 2013
#61
k and r--it is absolutely disgusting that on a supposedly "democratic" board, the actual nature
niyad
Oct 2013
#32
I know what you mean, I pay for car insurance and should get every single DIME of that money back...
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2013
#33
A healthy sense of empathy is a basic requirement to be on the political left.
stevenleser
Oct 2013
#68
I have wasted thousands of dollars on car insurance, and I haven't even had any wrecks recently
BlueStreak
Oct 2013
#77