Comments on: Insurance Obstacles for Women: Best Not to Get Sick or Pregnant http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2008/10/insurance-obstacles-for-women-best-not-to-get-sick-or-pregnant Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:04:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: anasil http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2008/10/insurance-obstacles-for-women-best-not-to-get-sick-or-pregnant/comment-page-1#comment-717 anasil Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:38:43 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=1468#comment-717 What am I to do? I'm 29, single, working and looking for my own health insurance. I'm healthy with no kids. Maybe in the next 4-5 years i want to start a family. So, how do I know which is the best insurance company for me? I want to have annual ob-gyn exams, help with birth control, pap tests, mammograms, etc. Is finding an insurance company to cover all these, a dream? Are the candidates talking about this at all? It really is frustrating... What am I to do? I’m 29, single, working and looking for my own health insurance. I’m healthy with no kids. Maybe in the next 4-5 years i want to start a family. So, how do I know which is the best insurance company for me? I want to have annual ob-gyn exams, help with birth control, pap tests, mammograms, etc. Is finding an insurance company to cover all these, a dream? Are the candidates talking about this at all? It really is frustrating…

]]> By: Margie http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2008/10/insurance-obstacles-for-women-best-not-to-get-sick-or-pregnant/comment-page-1#comment-693 Margie Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:23:12 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=1468#comment-693 As compensation, the McCain plan would give people a tax credit — $2,500 for an individual, $5,000 for a family. This does not make any sense. My husband and I are a couple not a family. We would get the same tax break as a family. We do not have kids; therefore, we are a couple not a family. (remember, it’s a $5,000 credit, but the average family policy actually costs more than $12,000). In short, the McCain plan makes no sense at all, unless you have faith that the magic of the marketplace can solve all problems. And Mr. McCain does: a much-quoted article published under his name declares that “Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.” I agree: the McCain plan would do for health care what deregulation has done for banking. And I’m terrified. Facts and figures taken from a NYT op-ed column by Paul Krugman As compensation, the McCain plan would give people a tax credit — $2,500 for an individual, $5,000 for a family. This does not make any sense. My husband and I are a couple not a family. We would get the same tax break as a family. We do not have kids; therefore, we are a couple not a family. (remember, it’s a $5,000 credit, but the average family policy actually costs more than $12,000).

In short, the McCain plan makes no sense at all, unless you have faith that the magic of the marketplace can solve all problems. And Mr. McCain does: a much-quoted article published under his name declares that “Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.”

I agree: the McCain plan would do for health care what deregulation has done for banking. And I’m terrified.

Facts and figures taken from a NYT op-ed column by Paul Krugman

]]> By: mrs spock http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2008/10/insurance-obstacles-for-women-best-not-to-get-sick-or-pregnant/comment-page-1#comment-692 mrs spock Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:21:12 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=1468#comment-692 I would add as well, it's best not to be one of the 10% of couples dealing with infertility. Reproductive health coverage for both the testing and treatment of infertility is few and far between. Only 15 states mandate that insurance cover at least part of the expensive testing and treatment. http://www.resolve.org/site/PageServer?pagename=lrn_ic_stintro I would add as well, it’s best not to be one of the 10% of couples dealing with infertility. Reproductive health coverage for both the testing and treatment of infertility is few and far between. Only 15 states mandate that insurance cover at least part of the expensive testing and treatment.

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