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CreekDog

(46,192 posts) Sun Mar 16, 2014, 10:03 PM Mar 2014

Should women who need maternity coverage pay more for insurance than those who don't? [View all]

I know we shouldn't need a poll for this...

35 votes, 0 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Insurance with maternity coverage should cost the same as other insurance
	32 (91%)
	Insurance with maternity coverage should cost more than insurance without
	3 (9%)
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Should women who need maternity coverage pay more for insurance than those who don't? [View all] CreekDog Mar 2014 OP

Pass - Universal health care should not include "insurance" PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #1

In Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, it does... CreekDog Mar 2014 #3

How much water should be used for waterboarding? PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #9

yes, that's exactly the same thing as requiring insurance companies to cover maternity CreekDog Mar 2014 #11

you missed my point then. PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #12

when you post BS, people stop reading CreekDog Mar 2014 #17

It only appeared BS because you stopped reading. eom PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #18

This thread questions the "right" of private, for-profit insurers to make $$$$, that's why. nt Romulox Mar 2014 #50

That's why I passed. LWolf Mar 2014 #113

You're probably equally likely to get cancer in a lifetime. Should you pay more for that? Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #2

because a number of people here think maternity coverage should not be included CreekDog Mar 2014 #4

Who's saying that? Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #6

You can click on "show user names" to see who is in favor so far. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #86

Which is of course the whole point. It's yet another shit-list generating exercise. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #91

Well, I don't want to have to pay for their Viagra or Cialis, then. calimary Mar 2014 #8

You dont wanna go there jamzrockz Mar 2014 #35

"....women on average will run up more healthcare dollars than the average man..." LINK? WinkyDink Mar 2014 #41

here lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #64

except that women are paying in proportionately every month during those extra years.... bettyellen Mar 2014 #90

Men that were born Aerows Mar 2014 #94

Retroactive insurance? lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #95

You were born, though, right? Aerows Mar 2014 #101

I'm relieved to learn that since my birth debt is valued in 1962 dollars... lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #104

Welcome to DU, jamzrockz! calimary Mar 2014 #58

Same people who say... ElboRuum Mar 2014 #23

THREE. Count'em, THREE. BFD. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #40

try 8 CreekDog Mar 2014 #115

Because some people will never need it. Daemonaquila Mar 2014 #36

IOW, you simply don't believe in any universal coverage. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #42

Of course, it will be other women's children Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #61

once we start dividing up the pool, it isn't a pool any more.... mike_c Mar 2014 #5

i agree. CreekDog Mar 2014 #7

+1 gollygee Mar 2014 #38

NO, elleng Mar 2014 #10

No, it doesn't. Daemonaquila Mar 2014 #37

i am NEVER gonna get spinal bifida, so i do not want to pay. seabeyond Mar 2014 #49

I will never get prostate cancer and don't want to have to pay for it. uppityperson Mar 2014 #92

Should men pay more because they are more prone to cardiovascular disease? Warpy Mar 2014 #13

Men use less healthcare than women. nt Romulox Mar 2014 #46

last i heard mercuryblues Mar 2014 #70

I'm not arguing for how to make mandatory for-profit insurance "fair". Just pointing out Romulox Mar 2014 #72

Republicans simply can't wrap their heads around it DefenseLawyer Mar 2014 #14

We shouldn't need insurance to stay alive and be healthy LittleBlue Mar 2014 #15

Yes, how much is your life worth to you? PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #21

The cost of all pregnancies and childbirth should be socialized and funded from general taxation, Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #16

Its like asking should people who don't have children pay taxes for education. undeterred Mar 2014 #19

The idea that those who likely need more care pay more is already established in the ACA Fumesucker Mar 2014 #20

There are three tiers related to age. But everyone who lives will eventually pnwmom Mar 2014 #25

Everyone here has a mother. Pay it forward. hunter Mar 2014 #22

the problem is that some people think it's fair to cover their own health issues CreekDog Mar 2014 #31

this is the lame Republican approach to Health Care, dude WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #24

That is how insurance works MiniMe Mar 2014 #26

Other option: mandate that the father's pay in full for all maternity care / childbirth costs? DebJ Mar 2014 #27

My kids cost over $50k each. jeff47 Mar 2014 #59

Sorry I should have used the sarcasm thingie. My comment was aimed at those DebJ Mar 2014 #60

Healthy babies are the future! Go healthy Babies! nt Walk away Mar 2014 #28

EVERYONE NEEDS MATERNITY COVERAGE AT SOME TIME IN THEIR LIFE!!!!!!! MADem Mar 2014 #29

You should pay for maternity coverage Mr.Bill Mar 2014 #30

it's a ridiculous question Skittles Mar 2014 #32

to most it is a ridiculous question CreekDog Mar 2014 #33

oh yeah, THOSE folk Skittles Mar 2014 #34

This is clearly a "divide, conquer, and take more money" plan. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #39

From a business standpoint, hell no. riqster Mar 2014 #43

No. Iggo Mar 2014 #44

No for maternity but madville Mar 2014 #45

As long as obese is defined by body fat % and not BMI. BMI discriminates against MillennialDem Mar 2014 #111

As long as health INSURANCE is private, and for-profit, it should follow actuarial principles. Romulox Mar 2014 #47

"We need to change the entire system" - TBF Mar 2014 #52

It's "not fair" to deny people care because they can't pay, period. You and I agree. nt Romulox Mar 2014 #53

not if those principles disriminate CreekDog Mar 2014 #89

Um for-profit insurance discriminates against people who can't pay. Romulox Mar 2014 #110

if you'd like us to not talk about discrimination against women, just tell everyone that CreekDog Mar 2014 #114

no, every person should be covered for everything. we should throw out the middlemen profiteers. Sunlei Mar 2014 #48

PASS: Healthcare Insurance is an obscenity. CBGLuthier Mar 2014 #51

I voted PASS for the same reason. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #56

so you don't think it should be illegal to charge women more for insurance that covers that? CreekDog Mar 2014 #63

If there MUST be an insurance based model, the idea of Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #67

underwriting is allowed in Obamacare? CreekDog Mar 2014 #68

Here-- Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #69

OK, I went off on a tangent there. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #73

I agree with you 100%. CreekDog Mar 2014 #76

There used to be a saying, "It takes two to tango." A man and a woman created this circumstance. jwirr Mar 2014 #54

Yes, maybe both parents' insurance should be charged. Or, of course, just have djean111 Mar 2014 #55

They are. A 25 year old man pays the same as a 25 year old woman... lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #62

Society is better off if all people have access to health care. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author CreekDog Mar 2014 #65

No Sheepshank Mar 2014 #66

Who voted it should cost more?? Pregnancy is NOT an illness. Avalux Mar 2014 #71

"No" votes attack women, not "Yes" votes CreekDog Mar 2014 #74

Ha, thanks! Avalux Mar 2014 #78

i realize the poll question is flipped from the OP subject line CreekDog Mar 2014 #79

Should you only buy homeowners' insurance when you smell smoke? SoCalDem Mar 2014 #75

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2014 #77

what if it wasn't a choice? CreekDog Mar 2014 #80

. CreekDog Mar 2014 #82

We simply need universal coverage. Until then we have an every man for himself system. nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #81

should men who need penis pumps pay more? oldandhappy Mar 2014 #83

Maternity coverage? Smoking? Weight? Speeding tickets? Etc... polichick Mar 2014 #84

. gollygee Mar 2014 #85

First, maternity is the main "bubble buster" of the young-people-don't-need-insurance myth OmahaBlueDog Mar 2014 #87

we keep using this word "insurance" alc Mar 2014 #88

Were you born? Aerows Mar 2014 #93

Yes, but the state should provide free-at-point-of-use healthcare, rendering it moot. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2014 #96

No, your answer is not correct, you should have said: CreekDog Mar 2014 #97

No, my answer was correct and yours is wrong. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2014 #98

do not call maternity coverage welfare CreekDog Mar 2014 #99

... PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #102

yes, he said charging the same for the two things was "welfare" CreekDog Mar 2014 #103

If it is medically necessary or restorative then it should be covered. TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #100

My only issue isnt necessarily with maternity coverage davidn3600 Mar 2014 #105

and you've posted against men being paid on average higher wages than women? CreekDog Mar 2014 #106

I have never posted anything that suggests men should make more money than women davidn3600 Mar 2014 #107

you're complaining here that women's health care costs more CreekDog Mar 2014 #108

I complain when anybody is favored... davidn3600 Mar 2014 #109

Creekdog, it's a FOR PROFIT system. Quit saying everybody needs to shoulder the load, when some are Romulox Mar 2014 #112