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lumberjack_jeff

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3. Is 34% more than men a small difference? YMMV.

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 12:13 AM

Sep 2013

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1361028/

Principal Findings
Per capita lifetime expenditure is $316,600, a third higher for females ($361,200) than males ($268,700). Two-fifths of this difference owes to women's longer life expectancy. Nearly one-third of lifetime expenditures is incurred during middle age, and nearly half during the senior years. For survivors to age 85, more than one-third of their lifetime expenditures will accrue in their remaining years.

Everything else being equal, one would expect insurance premiums for men to go up 17% and women's to go down 17% as a direct consequence of HCR.

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Time: "Women should pay more for health care" [View all] lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 OP

Having spent most of my working life as an insurance underwriter and... TreasonousBastard Sep 2013 #1

Is 34% more than men a small difference? YMMV. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #3

That number includes maternity... TreasonousBastard Sep 2013 #6

Um, women do not get themselves pregnant. This is not a women's issue. smirkymonkey Nov 2013 #11

Who said it's a woman's issue? You seem to be leading up to saying... TreasonousBastard Nov 2013 #12

I believe health care should be financed the way the French do it Major Nikon Sep 2013 #2

Fully agree. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #15

The entire point of health insurance -lost on many, it seems- is that the healthy pay for the sick. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #5

That's the way it works in fire insurance, but... TreasonousBastard Sep 2013 #7

did you read the Time article on Health Care about, I dunno, 6 months ago? Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #8

Paywall! Later I'll get around to figuring out... TreasonousBastard Sep 2013 #9

Yeah, I seem to remember seeing a non-walled version at some point, but they may have pulled it. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #10

Doctor_J: No one should pay anything for health care Doctor_J Nov 2013 #13

No I don't think Joel thakkar Dec 2013 #14