In what is yet another dishonest attempt to shore up women voters and support for Obamacare, the White House and Barry "Almighty" himself, have now accused health insurance companies of charging women more for insurance “because they’re women.” Which just goes to show you that there is pretty much no lie this gang will not tell in their attempt to convince women to vote for Barry. The White House website claims that Obamacare will prevent insurance companies from “discriminating against women” and charging higher premiums to women, “simply because of their gender."
Now as hard as Barry and the Democrats try to portray things as being different than they actually are, the actual fact of the matter is that health insurance companies base premiums solely on projected costs not on any sort of discrimination. According to American Health Insurance Plans spokesman Robert Zirkelbach the only time there is a cost difference between genders is among those who buy individual policies, while those covered through their employers pays the same. According to the White House, the provision of the health care law requiring coverage of pre-existing conditions would change this practice of charging more.
Barry outright lied on April 6 when at a White House Forum on Women and the Economy he said, “And soon, insurance companies will no longer be able to deny coverage based on preexisting conditions like breast cancer, or charge women more just because they’re women.” Again on April 27, at a campaign event at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, Barry repeated the same lie. “Soon, insurance companies will no longer be able to deny coverage based on preexisting conditions like breast cancer, or charge women more just because they’re women,” Barry said.
Marking National Women’s Health Week, last week the White House Web site, heralded the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. “For example, women who purchase health insurance on the individual market pay an additional $1 billion each year because insurance companies charge them more than men, simply because of their gender,” wrote some bimbo named Megan Slack, the associate director of digital content for the White House Office of Digital Strategy. “Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, health insurers will be prohibited from discriminating against women by charging higher premiums,” Slack blathered.
Mr. Zirkelbach, spokesman for American Health Insurance Plans explained premiums are set based on expected health care costs. As men and women age, the trend reverses. “Men and women use different health care services and have different health care costs,” Zirkelbach said in an interview. Adding, “That changes depending on a person’s age. Younger ages, women use more health care services than men. That is reflected in their health insurance premiums. As men and women get older, that trend actually reverses itself. At older ages, men have higher costs, and therefore higher premiums then women."
He said health insurance was “just like auto insurance and life insurance, premiums vary between men and women and the individual.” Further, he said, very few people purchase their own individual health insurance, but rather, are covered through their employer. “The vast majority of people get their health care coverage through their employer. Employer coverage, all employees are guaranteed coverage,” Zirkelbach continued. “They’re not paying more because of their health status or their gender. So we are only talking about a small number of people purchasing health care on their own."
So I'm curious. Are there really enough women out there who are actually stupid enough to believe anything that comes out of this guy's mouth? I mean in this day and age are there still women who are willing to believe that insurance companies will actively work to prevent them from getting the medical treatment that they need? Come on, really? If so, then ladies let me be the first one to tell you all, that you're being conned. And in a very big way! Barry is looking you dead in the eye and telling you a big fat lie. So the question that remains to asked, I suppose, is how many women will fall for this line of pure bullsh!t?
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