Reply #134: I think charging an automatically higher premium for family history [View All]

[TwilightGardener]

is discriminatory. One should have to develop the illness to be dinged for it. Hereditary disease that already exists, well--you've got to pay for that. Many diseases and conditions have a strong hereditary component, anyway, so "hereditary" is not really a very exclusive category. Am I upset if men's health premiums go up to prevent women from being discriminated against? No. Would I be upset if my auto insurance went up to alleviate gender discrimination against men? No, not terribly. No one is happy about rate increases, but the genders have to be supported equally, races have to be supported equally, at least in my little utopia. If you want outrage about men's discrimination, start a separate thread and see if anyone else is outraged. This thread is specifically about females and health insurance.