A slice of inequality

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Monday March 19, 2012 · 2:29 PM PDT

2012/03/19 · 14:29

With all the screaming about how women shouldn't get something for nothing, a dose of reality

For a popular Blue Cross Blue Shield plan in Chicago, a 30-year-old woman pays $375 a month, which is 31 percent more than what a man of the same age pays for the same coverage, according to eHealthInsurance.com, a leading online source of health insurance.

Gosh, it must be all our sluttish behavior.

Who knew, it takes one to tango.

Dear lord....

"This is a business decision. Insurers may not want to raise rates for men because they might lose some customers."

Goddammit, I feel better already, they are not afraid of losing mine, even though I pay more?

But, but, we use the services more!

Insurers said they charged women more than men because claims showed that women ages 19 to 55 tended to use more health care services. They are more likely to visit doctors, to get regular checkups, to take prescription drugs and to have certain chronic illnesses.

How selfish, how irresponsible even, rather than waiting for catastrophe to strike.

One good thing about health care reform

In addition, the law broadly prohibits sex discrimination under "any health program or activity"

Perhaps that is why the right objects so much? If only we would stay pregnant?

In Springfield, Ill., for example, a 30-year-old woman pays $278 a month for a popular Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, and the extra charge for maternity coverage is $270 a month, according to eHealthInsurance.com.

Yep, it takes one to tango.

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