Women also are more disproportionately affected by the lack of insurance options because they are more likely to work part-time or at small businesses that don’t provide coverage.
“It’s not surprising that so many millions of women are simply going without insurance at all,” Obama said.
I am so tired of the government and the media telling me I am a victim. A woman and a man have the same options for health care. If more women than men
choose to apply for part time jobs and jobs at small businesses where health insurance is not offered through their employment, then that does not make them victims. No one is forcing them to apply to these jobs and no one is barring them from full time positions or positions in companies that do offer health insurance. It most certainly does not make me a victim by default simply because I am a woman and women, as a group, tend to choose to apply to these jobs, even if I do not.
These women also have the option of buying health insurance on the private market. Sure it's generally more expensive than through a group-buy through an employer, but it is absurd to say there aren't many options, for men or women.