April 2, 2007 – – A recent Harvard study showed the median health-care costs for various age groups: $463 for men ages 18-44; $1,266 for women that same age; $1,849 for men ages 45-64; and $2,871 for women ages 45 to 64.
The research is being published in the April issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Read the entire article here.
The Health Reform Underground 
October 31, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Healthcare further penalizes women by not or barely covering precriptions that are for women. In the last 10 years no matter what healthcare provider I have they do not even begin to cover the cost of prescription birth control. It doesn’t matter what drug it is, the results are the same I still pay over $30 per month. Birth control is a whole lot cheaper than covering the hospital costs of an unwanted pregancy! Why is this okay?
Here is the real icing on the cake…my doctor prescribed Tri-Luma Cream for facial discoloration and it isn’t covered at all by United Healthcare. This is a drug marketed towards women for this fun occurance that occurs around middle age and often the result of birth control pills.
Healthcare insurance companies cover viagra left and right. How is that more deserving? Does anyone else find this disparity in coverage wrong?
As women we are really the majority in this country – why is nobody taking care of us? Why is healthcare and insurance geared to the needs of men more than women?