Women getting short end of health coverage

Miami Herald, McClatchy by David Lightman | Oct. 7, 2009 (Special Report)

Women of child-bearing age routinely pay more for healthcare because they're women. If they're pregnant, they can be legally denied coverage.

Women face other problems in today's insurance market: They tend to need more preventive care and therefore are subject to more co-pays and deductibles, and single heads of households are often women, meaning they're responsible for the family's healthcare bills.

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 by Richard Riehl - Oct. 7, 2009

This is an important topic, but the writer doesn't seem to know which direction to take it. He begins with the claim women are overcharged for insurance and ends with the claim that charging them the same as men would still be unfair. Quoting a spokeswoman for a Congressman, rather than the Congressman himself diminishes the credibility of the piece. And citing the results of "a survey last year" without naming it casts a shadow of doubt over its validity. Finally, the writer tends to use "and" to join separate thoughts together in a single sentence, which gives the article a sophomoric, breathless tone.

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