One of the problems with the current state of health care involves higher premiums for women or, even, the exclusion of women from certain health care plans, simply by virtue of their femaleness. Specifically, some insurance companies have decided that because women can make new people, they should pay more for health coverage, or be denied it altogether. In the clip below, Peggy Robertson discusses being excluded from a health care plan because of a previous C-section. The company allegedly told her that they would accept her if she had herself sterilized. This is coercion. Women may feel compelled to be sterilized in order to gain access to health insurance. This is a significant breach of the basic tenets of our civilization: the right to life, liberty, and happiness.
Found at Feministing.
