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More companies and private insurance plans are implementing or seriously considering “selling health insurance by the pound,” as MarketWatch puts it — making workers with high BMIs and chronic conditions like high blood pressure and cholesterol pay extra for health care coverage. More
With a wave of states passing liberal marijuana and medical marijuana policies, it’s easy to forget that federal laws concerning the drug are still really terrible. Under current federal drug policy, marijuana is still considered “a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use.” And once again, a federal appeals court has rejecting a petition to change that classification, finding no “adequate and well-controlled studies confirming the efficacy of marijuana for medicinal uses.” More
Via NPR, another way in which Washington legislators refusing to play nice with one another is undermining the health and safety of the American people. It seems political gridlock is partly to blame for Congress failuring to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act for the first time since 1994. More
There’s more potential for danger and abuse in a bottle of acetaminophen than a pack of birth control pills, so why is one sold over-the-counter and not the other? More
Newly-anointed Mitt Romney running-mate Paul Ryan has made his name as a fiscal conservative with a strong vision for Medicare and Social Security. But he’s no slouch in hardcore conservative social ideology, either–as folks have been quick to point out. That his social agenda is highly at odds with his Hayek-and-Rand-tinted small government outlook for money matters seems to surprise some people, but .. eh. That’s just the rhetoric of the Republican party in the 21st century: Hands out of my health care and onto your uterus. What was anyone expecting? Of course, as a women’s health blog, it seems only right that we cover some of the potential vice president of America’s views regarding matters of women’s health. I was all set to right a straight-forward sort of post when a friend directed me to this attempt to apply the Feminist Ryan Gosling meme to Paul Ryan. So hey (girl): What better way to discuss Ryan’s views on women’s health than to badly co-opt this badly co-opted meme? More
If all you’ve heard about the sex selective abortion bill in Congress is that it was shot down yesterday, you might be wondering what’s going on here: Isn’t sex selective abortion a practice that’s pretty generally frowned upon by lawmakers? But there’s a good reason why the measure (officially called the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act) failed—and also why we’ll be hearing about it for months to come. More
Just in case you were thinking about it: Beware ordering birds online, people. Not only does it seem pretty cruel, but the CDC reports that America’s number one “mail-order poultry” retailer (yes, apparently, people still buy live, dyed chicks and ducklings for their kids as Easter pets)Â is behind an eight-year salmonella outbreak that’s caused more than 300 confirmed cases and likely many more. More
In Arizona yesterday, lawmakers passed three anti-abortion bills, including one that bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy; one to prohibit lawsuits against doctors who withhold info from pregnant women; and one mandating how school curriculums must address the topic of unwanted pregnancies. More
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In Georgia, a bill intended to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks has passed both the state House and Senate. Speaking in support of the bill—officially HR 954, but referred to by lawmakers as the ‘fetal pain bill’ and opponents as the ‘women as livestock‘ bill—state Rep. Terry England compared pregnant women pigs and cows. The final, compromise bill allows for abortion after 20 weeks in cases where a fetus had “profound and irremediable’ anomalies that would be ‘incompatible with sustaining life after birth.’
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This week saw anti-abortion bills floundering in a few states—most notably Idaho, where a mandatory ultrasound bill was shelved. But Georgia passed last-minute legislation banning abortions after 20 weeks. And Kansas lawmakers came up with new ways to allow doctors to withhold health info from patients. Plus: A new study says the pill helped women’s wages go up; the House Judiciary Committee wants to stop teen girls from traveling for abortions without their parents. More
This week in good, bad and weird reproductive health news: An anti-abortion activist fetishizes ultrasounds in Idaho; October Baby, a feature film about a “failed abortion survivor,” has Christian audiences raving; five executives quit Susan G. Komen for the Cure; and a study finds gynecologists don’t talk to patients about sex. More
Women pay more for health insurance than men, because of a practice called “gender rating” that lets insurers charge women more for coverage. A new report from the National Women’s Law Center found even women in good health often get charged more than male counterparts. Collectively, discriminatory health insurance practices cost American women $1 billion more per year than men. More
This week: A Georgia legislator says if pigs and cows can carry stillborn fetuses to term, women should also have to; a bill in Arizona would let any employer opt out of contraceptive coverage; doctors would be prohibited from prescribing abortion drugs via web cam in Wisconsin; New Hampshire pushes a faulty abortion and breast cancer link; and men are offered free pizzas with a vasectomy. More
