Obamacare: Men Required To Have Maternity Coverage

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[eynon81]

[Professor]

Coverage =/= premiums.

When an insurance company calculates premiums, it takes into account many factors. Being a woman is one of them. And, since maternity costs are both likely and high, then it slightly increases a premium for women. But, because men tend to lead unhealthier lives, and are more prone to heart disease and other risks, theirs go even higher.

It's not different than how a woman's policy also covers testicular cancer. Or how a man's coverage will also cover ovarian cancer.

[The Dude]

Of course men cover maternity. How else would the prices be equal for genders of the same age? This was one of the main points to Obamacare, to not discriminate prices based on gender (women cost more!).


The whole point of Obamacare is to turn the private market into something like the employer market, where everyone covers everything.

it's funny people have these criticisms but then don't realize that the employer market already works this way, largely.

[NAB]

[Bauce]

[The Dude]

[PoS]

[The Dude]

yeah, cuz those are totally similar!

herp derp!

[PoS]

So its OK to discriminate against trannies and fat people then? Hypocrite.