Surprise! Surprise! A little more sexism!

[polmaven]

The Pennsylvania home health care company Linda Bettinazzi runs is charged about $6,800 per worker for health insurance – $2,000 more than the national average for single coverage. One reason: nearly every one of her 175 employees is a woman.

Insurers say women under the age of 55 cost more to cover because they use more health services, and not just for maternal and infant care. But Bettinazzi, the president and CEO of Visiting Nurse Association of Indiana County, believes there's something inherently wrong in charging her company more because it hires a lot of women.

"There's a great sense of unfairness," Bettinazzi says. "I feel angry, and maybe betrayed would be a good word."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33483625/ns/business-small_business

We don't needs no health care reform!

[Kalyke]

1. Try telling that to Blanche Lincoln or Mary Landrieu.

Worthless sacks of human crap who sell out their gender for some campaign bucks.

[sui generis]

2. in this case it IS insurance reform and insurance re-regulation that is required

The healthcare is being provided, it's just being gamed for profit.

Yet another reason we need a public option with level premiums.

[Roland99]

3. Gotta love actuarials, eh?

[Toucano]

4. Health insurance is a criminal enterprise.

The risk is supposed to be carried among ALL members of the pool.

This makes it extremely unfair to single out particular groups of people.