Women and Health Care Reform
Women make the majority of decisions associated with family health care. Women also pay more for their personal health care than their male counterparts.
On October 17, 2009, Alternet News ran a story on John McCain's mocking women's health while criticizing President Obama's failure to support abortion bans.
Find out more from the article written by Peggy Simpson of The Women's Media Center. AlterNet:[1](October 19, 2009)
Medical News Today reported on October 12, 2009 Democrats are courting women in an effort to gain and stabilize support for health care reform.<ref>Medical News Today:[2] (October 12, 2009)
Women and Health Insurance: An Opinion
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, women can face health insurance premiums one and a half times higher than males during their reproductive years. They lose coverage when spouses reach retirement age, stop paying for employer provided coverage and start getting medicare benefits.
Moving much of the care provided women by doctors to "non-medical" status may be one way to protect women from higher medical costs.
Just as home pregnancy tests have placed diagnostic power in the hands of women and medications for vaginal disorders are now available without prescription, more self treatment options for menopause would create a much needed buffer against the rising cost of prenatal and perimenopausal health care.
