It's a new rant this morning ya'll. The truth on the discrimination of women is hitting the fan at full force. I think in the past what we've felt is the worst action towards women is that they don't get paid the same wages for the same job as men. But after reading a bit more on the subject, I've found that presently, insurance companies, and health providers have been treating our women like South Carolina slaves. I couldn't believe some of the health problems that could be deemed uninsurable by their health insurance companies. Already knowing that insurance companies would not take a pregnant woman since she would have a preexisting condition, I found the problem even more disturbing after reading it was the same for Acne and Asthma. I decided to check out more information on the subject, and what I found was something that made me go ."HUM"!
I took a few days off to get away from the computer. But I have been paying attention to the healthcare battle with an eagle eye. The latest episode of this drama to catch my attention is the number of women I see in these protest media clips. Obviously they don't know about this information either. Which is a damned shame. If the insurance companies are discriminating against you, why the hell are you out there on street corners proclaiming that Obama wants to take your freedom by trying to reform health care? What the hell has a poster depicting Barack Obama as Hitler have to do with the the fact that presently insurance companies are stealing from you. And will drop you when you really get sick.
This tells me what I'm sure we've all found out these last few months, that Repthuglican men don't give a damn about their women either. This takes the top position over the whore mongering C Street guys, and the governor finding his true love in Argentina. That these men would treat their spouses the same way they would treat a Black man or a Mexican is deep! Deep I tell you. But at the same time they're keeping quality care from all women. It's even worse for Black, and Hispanic women Hell, from my woman, and that rates an ass whuppin!!
I believe now is the time for all of us (MEN) to stand up for our women and proclaim that we are not going to take this shit anymore. It's time for our voice to hit the airwaves. We should be marching on Washington, and holding our posters for the media to see demanding affordable health care for everyone.
Our women do twice the work but get half the prize? That ain't right. Seeing that most married women have to work and take care of the kids and household they should get a free ride like all federal employees, not to mention single parent families. And the same for men who are considered House Husbands. And those husbands and wives that hit the workforce every morning should have a healthcare system in their favor. Affordable,and complete.
When will the media pay attention to he needs of Americans, not just the complaints? It's time to throw political correctness out the window, and get down to business. The MSM want to stay on the race card when they should be on the discrimination card. We should stay out of everyone else's business on humanity issues and get our own house
in order.
You all have a great and blessed day. PEACE!
Daddy.
I've included below the web address for each excerpt.
This next info is from the National Women's Law
Center
Why Women Need Health Reform
Today, millions of women in the United States depend on a health care system that is failing them. They face unfair insurance industry practices, have trouble affording necessary care, or struggle to find insurance that covers the benefits they need. Considering women’s experiences with our health system, it is no wonder that in a Spring 2009 poll, more than 76% of women said they thought our current health care system should be reformed or radically changed; only 19% want to keep the status quo. Women’s well-being—and that of their families—depends on health reform that meets their needs.
Women Face Unfair and Discriminatory Insurance Industry Practices
Insurers in most states are allowed to consider gender when setting premium rates in both the individual and group markets. As a result of “gender rating,” women, and businesses with predominantly female workforces, are often charged more than men for the exact same coverage. In eight states and D.C., it is still legal for insurers to reject a woman’s health insurance application if she is a victim of domestic violence. Insurers may exclude coverage for certain “pre-existing” conditions; if a woman has previously had a Cesarean section, for instance, insurers may refuse to pay for future C-sections or reject her application altogether.
Women Have More Trouble Affording Necessary Health Care
Women are generally poorer than men, earning just 78 cents for every dollar men earn. Women also use the health care system more, in part due to their reproductive health needs. Because they are poorer and use more care, women spend a greater share of their income on their health needs. Regardless of whether they have insurance, women are more likely than men to report cost-related problems with accessing health care, and to struggle with medical bills or debt.
Unaffordable cost-sharing requirements, annual limits on covered services, or health plan limits on lifetime expenditures have a disproportionate impact on women. They are more likely than men to be underinsured, or to have coverage but still spend more than they can afford on health care.
Women Struggle to Find Coverage for the Benefits They Need
Women are more likely to use certain health care services—such as prescription drugs and mental health care—that many health plans limit or exclude altogether. Women need coverage for a full range of reproductive health services.
Compared to men, women visit health providers more often and use more preventive care. They are also more likely to suffer from a chronic condition requiring ongoing care, such as arthritis or asthma. They are particularly ill-served by “bare-bones” health plans without coverage for the benefits that are critical to maintaining women’s health. It is very difficult—and sometimes impossible—for women to find coverage for maternity care in the individual health insurance market.
http://nwlc.org/reformmatters/readyforrecess/WhyWomenNeedHealthReform8-09.pdf
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From an article in "The Nation".
by SHARON LERNER
August 21, 2009
To be sure, no group is doing well under our network of private insurers, which is more holes than net. But women fare particularly badly in terms of health, being more likely than men to leave a prescription unfilled; forgo seeing a needed specialist; and skip a medical test, treatment or follow-up. Financially, women are worse off, too, in large part because they earn less money. Despite the fact that they skimp on their care to cut costs, three in five women are still unable to pay their medical bills. All of which makes it surprising that men and women support health reform in almost equal numbers (38 versus 40 percent consider it a top priority, according to a recent Kaiser poll). Odder and ickier still is the sight of Sarah Palin, Betsy McCaughey and other women leading, or sometimes blindly following, the wacko town hall movement against reform.
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- Many of women's problems stem from the fact that to get anything close to decent private insurance, you usually need a full-time job, which women are less likely than men to have--52 percent versus 73 percent. (The flip side of this problem is that linking jobs to insurance leaves many women tethered to full-time jobs they'd rather not have, given their other responsibilities. In fact, 60 percent of full-time working mothers would prefer part-time work, according to a 2007 Pew poll. While some keep their full-time jobs for the income, many others stay because they have no other way to get health benefits.) Many women who work part-time or stay at home have become a sort of medical underclass, stuck without insurance, paying dearly for it out of their own pockets or, as was Jemilla Mulvihill's experience, begging desperately, and unsuccessfully, for the opportunity to pay dearly for it out-of-pocket.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090831/lerner
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Rising health care costs coupled with eroding health care benefits are having a substantial effect on Americans' ability to get needed health care, with women particularly affected. Women experience cost-related access problems and medical bill problems more often than men. In 2007, more than half (52%) of women reported problems accessing needed care because of cost and 45 percent of women accrued medical debt or reported problems with medical bills. Since women use more health care services than men, they are more exposed to the fragmentation and failings of the current health care system—underscoring the need for affordable and high-quality health insurance coverage that is available to all.
Citation
S. D. Rustgi, M. M. Doty, and S. R. Collins, Women at Risk: Why Many Women Are Forgoing Needed Health Care, The Commonwealth Fund, May 2009.
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/Issue-Briefs/2009/May/Women-at-Risk.aspx
