Senator McCain’s proposed health care “reform” centers around a proposal to give everyone a $5,000 tax credit that they can use to purchase insurance on the private market. But that five grand isn’t going to stretch as far if you’re a woman. As the chart below illustrates, women already pay significantly more than men for individual health care coverage:
Insurers justify this sex-based discrimination by arguing that women are more likely to receive check-ups and take prescription medications. In other words, ladies, it’s your own fault. If you could just learn to buck up and stoically ignore your medical issues like us manly dudes, you wouldn’t be facing this problem.
The private insurance market is one of the few sectors in the American economy that is allowed to employ naked bias as a tool for profit. Let’s hope that changes soon.
Not to worry Mark….. While on the campaign trail yesterday, McCain said that Joe the unlicensed plumber would also do his patriotic duty by performing pelvic exams to keep womens healthcare costs down. Mamograms will be done at Walmart, and pregnant teenage moms will have free maternity clothes courtesy of the RNC!!–