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Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Eos - 2011-08-02
http://www.healthcare.gov/news/factsheets/womensprevention08012011a.html
Quote:Before health reform, too many Americans didnt get the preventive health care they need to stay healthy, avoid or delay the onset of disease, lead productive lives, and reduce health care costs. Often because of cost, Americans used preventive services at about half the recommended rate.
Yet chronic diseases which are responsible for 7 of 10 deaths among Americans each year and account for 75% of the nations health spending often are preventable. Cost sharing (including copayments, co-insurance, and deductibles) reduces the likelihood that preventive services will be used. Especially concerning for women are studies showing that even moderate copays for preventive services such as mammograms or pap smears deter patients from receiving services.
The Affordable Care Act the health insurance reform legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010 helps make prevention affordable and accessible for all Americans by requiring health plans to cover recommended preventive services without cost sharing.
Under the Affordable Care Act, womens preventive health care services such as mammograms, screenings for cervical cancer, and other services are already covered with no cost sharing for new health plans. The Affordable Care Act also made recommended preventive services free for people on Medicare. However, the law recognizes and HHS understands the need to take into account the unique health needs of women throughout their lifespan.
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Quote:When it comes to health, women are often the primary decision maker for their families and the trusted source in circles of friends. They are also key consumers of health care. Women have unique needs and have high rates of chronic disease, including diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
Read full article for more insights into the fragile & cheap nature of girls.
Then again, maybe I'm just mis-reading the article's bias.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - KhainiWest - 2011-08-02
Silly eos women are clearly inferior to us masculine men, thats why you have evolved to loving men.
Seriously though this doesn't surprise did you see this
Shame though I've liked most of grandersons work.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Noah - 2011-08-02
And yet, they live statistically longer than males!
Noah
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Flonne - 2011-08-02
Noah Wrote:And yet, they live statistically longer than males!Technically that is due to wars killing off men earlier making the average lower, though you were probably being sarcastic
Noah
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - SaptaZapta - 2011-08-02
Flonne Wrote:Technically that is due to wars killing off men earlier making the average lower, though you were probably being sarcastic
Yes and no.
Looking at the population at my grandmother's retirement home, the 80+ demographic seems to be predominantly female. Somehow I don't think it's because these ladies' husbands all died in wars and other forms of violence.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Flonne - 2011-08-02
SaptaZapta Wrote:Yes and no.
Looking at the population at my grandmother's retirement home, the 80+ demographic seems to be predominantly female. Somehow I don't think it's because these ladies' husbands all died in wars and other forms of violence.
...that only seems to further my point, I must be missing something.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Noah - 2011-08-02
Flonne Wrote:Technically that is due to wars killing off men earlier making the average lower, though you were probably being sarcastic
What? I'm pointing out a fact!
I think we both agree, regardless of whether men die because of war, because they consume more tobacco, alcohol and drugs, or because women have more resistance to infections and degenerative diseases. Any of these three possible (?) causes require that the male population get more healthcare than the female population!
Noah
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Erich - 2011-08-02
But it doesn't mean that females don't have many many more unique conditions and illnesses than their male counterparts.
Also, statistics lie when it comes to proving this stuff. Severe generalizations when statistics are taken usually overlook a lot of factors.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Eos - 2011-08-02
Also girls have cooties.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Ladon - 2011-08-02
Eos Wrote:Also girls have cooties.
A simple cootie shot can deter such parasites.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Corn - 2011-08-02
Ladon Wrote:A simple cootie shot can defer such parasites.
They're too damm expensive though.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Eos - 2011-08-02
Ladon Wrote:A simple cootie shot can defer such parasites.
I don't believe in vaccination. It's a conspiracy. A moose told me so.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Kalovale - 2011-08-02
Eos Wrote:I don't believe in vaccination. It's a conspiracy. A moose told me so.
Now it all makes sense. I mean, housewives, geez.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Rick - 2011-08-02
Girls aren't more prone to illness, they just whinge more about it. Men live shorter lives because they are on the receiving end of said whinging.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Noah - 2011-08-02
Erich Wrote:Also, statistics lie when it comes to proving this stuff. Severe generalizations when statistics are taken usually overlook a lot of factors.
Erich wins half a cookie! The first sentence is correct, the other is false. There's nothing wrong with statistics in itself, but when people interpret them, that's when bad thing happens.
People usually forget blinding (placebo effect issue), proper randomisation techniques, or generalize the study. If the study doesn't explain how the blinding and randomization is done, then the study is unreliable - not because the statistics are wrong, but because data about the study is missing! Look for studies which are double-blinded, placebo-controlled with no drop-outs (or state how many drop-outs there are) and which is computer-randomized - if those things are possible.
Plastic surgeons who gave their patients pomegranate juice and pomegranates before and after surgery cannot show that pomegranates have a positive effect on people, neither in general or for people who have pomegranate juice before and after surgery. People who eat a lot of fruit and care more about their health would more likely drink pomegranate juice than someone who does not eat a lot of fruit, for instance.
Studies about how cells react to certain things (such as antioxidants) does not tell how the human body would react to more antioxidants, either. It just tells us that cells in an artificially created environment will react to X in some sort of way with a certain probability in some specific confidence-interval.
Just be aware of that when checking out studies, guys!
Noah
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Swerve - 2011-08-03
.gov Wrote:On August 1, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adopted additional Guidelines for Womens Preventive Services including well-woman visits, support for breastfeeding equipment, contraception, and domestic violence screening that will be covered without cost sharing in new health plans starting in August 2012. The guidelines were recommended by the independent Institute of Medicine (IOM) and based on scientific evidence.
Laughed pretty hard at the bolded sections.
Domestic Violence Screening: This just seems to offer a chance for reduced pay if someone is desperate to be examined. I mean, what happens when they don't find anything related to domestic violence? YOU'RE FINE! ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC? WELL YOU DO HAVE A TUMOR THOUGH.
.gov Wrote:The guidelines were recommended by theindependentInstitute of Medicine (IOM)and based on scientific evidence.
- AND BASED ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. NO CITATION LINK. THE EVIDENCE IS MISSING.
> Institute of Medicine didn't recommend guidelines based on scientific evidence.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - TaliaNCo - 2011-08-03
Men die earlier because they want to. Can't blame 'em for that.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Kateseen1 - 2022-12-06
But it doesn't mean that females don't have many many more unique conditions than their male counterparts.
Women are apparently sickly and cheap... - Kateseen1 - 2022-12-06
Women's health is very fragile and delicate. In today's world, women are exposed to the negative effects of ecology and pollution. That is why women's health often suffers. But octoberly speaking, men are not all right with their health either. That's the cruel world that kills our health. In addition, pregnancy often has a negative impact on a woman's health. During this period they are limited in their movement and often get sick. Sometimes they are even assigned to bed rest during pregnancy. That is why there is no definite answer to the debate about who gets sicker women or men. We are all at risk of disease