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In reply to the discussion: Should women who need maternity coverage pay more for insurance than those who don't? [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)107. I have never posted anything that suggests men should make more money than women
And that's a completely different problem than what's being discussed here.
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Should women who need maternity coverage pay more for insurance than those who don't? [View all]
CreekDog
Mar 2014
OP
yes, that's exactly the same thing as requiring insurance companies to cover maternity
CreekDog
Mar 2014
#11
This thread questions the "right" of private, for-profit insurers to make $$$$, that's why. nt
Romulox
Mar 2014
#50
You're probably equally likely to get cancer in a lifetime. Should you pay more for that?
Gravitycollapse
Mar 2014
#2
because a number of people here think maternity coverage should not be included
CreekDog
Mar 2014
#4
Which is of course the whole point. It's yet another shit-list generating exercise.
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2014
#91
"....women on average will run up more healthcare dollars than the average man..." LINK?
WinkyDink
Mar 2014
#41
except that women are paying in proportionately every month during those extra years....
bettyellen
Mar 2014
#90
I'm relieved to learn that since my birth debt is valued in 1962 dollars...
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2014
#104
I'm not arguing for how to make mandatory for-profit insurance "fair". Just pointing out
Romulox
Mar 2014
#72
The cost of all pregnancies and childbirth should be socialized and funded from general taxation,
Nye Bevan
Mar 2014
#16
Its like asking should people who don't have children pay taxes for education.
undeterred
Mar 2014
#19
The idea that those who likely need more care pay more is already established in the ACA
Fumesucker
Mar 2014
#20
the problem is that some people think it's fair to cover their own health issues
CreekDog
Mar 2014
#31
Other option: mandate that the father's pay in full for all maternity care / childbirth costs?
DebJ
Mar 2014
#27
As long as obese is defined by body fat % and not BMI. BMI discriminates against
MillennialDem
Mar 2014
#111
As long as health INSURANCE is private, and for-profit, it should follow actuarial principles.
Romulox
Mar 2014
#47
It's "not fair" to deny people care because they can't pay, period. You and I agree. nt
Romulox
Mar 2014
#53
if you'd like us to not talk about discrimination against women, just tell everyone that
CreekDog
Mar 2014
#114
no, every person should be covered for everything. we should throw out the middlemen profiteers.
Sunlei
Mar 2014
#48
so you don't think it should be illegal to charge women more for insurance that covers that?
CreekDog
Mar 2014
#63
There used to be a saying, "It takes two to tango." A man and a woman created this circumstance.
jwirr
Mar 2014
#54
Yes, maybe both parents' insurance should be charged. Or, of course, just have
djean111
Mar 2014
#55
We simply need universal coverage. Until then we have an every man for himself system. nt
Demo_Chris
Mar 2014
#81
First, maternity is the main "bubble buster" of the young-people-don't-need-insurance myth
OmahaBlueDog
Mar 2014
#87
Yes, but the state should provide free-at-point-of-use healthcare, rendering it moot.
Donald Ian Rankin
Mar 2014
#96
I have never posted anything that suggests men should make more money than women
davidn3600
Mar 2014
#107