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In article <51227d$9251@michiganj.intr.net>, rex@intr.net says...
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>canoeist@netcom.com (Mark Zen) wrote:
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>>my wife's health insurance is higher than mine, but my disability 
insurance
>>is higher than her ... women get "sicker, more often, but are rarely
>>diabled as often" i think was the quote.
>
>Because of pre-existing conditions, because it is a different
>Insurance Company, or simply because she is a female?
>
>Please tell us the circumstances.  I am sure there are men with higher
>Health Insurance permiums than yours.  But I doubt that it is simply
>because they are men.

http://www.tulsaweb.com/nwins/texas.htm

shows Texas rates. Strictly age-sex. Women of childbearing age have 
higher rates than men in the same age group. Women get cheaper rates than
men after they are past 50 or so. The biggest discrepancy is in the 60-64 
age group, with men paying $26.80 a month more than women. The second 
biggest discrepancy is in the 18-39 age group, where women are charged 
$20.70 more than men. (Realize that 18-39 is a much greater span than 
60-64.)

Using the rates on that page, I get that, over a lifetime (in this case, 
age 18 to age 64), a woman pays 5,477.80 more than a man for health 
insurance, simply for being a woman. No mention of maternity options or 
anything.

Netcom's been wonked for a while, so I'm timing out on going to other 
links, but I'm sure I could find more information if I had the 
connection. I'd be interested to see how these rates rank up against 
other rates nationally, and how these discrepancies compare to auto 
insurance rates for men.

Please feel free to look it up and to check my numbers. After all, I'm 
just a girl. 
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