Why men don’t care about the health care debate

Aaod · 2017-12-21T22:54:00+00:00

And young men sometimes catch the blame for high insurance rates, since this relatively healthy segment of the population tends not to buy coverage.

Because if you don't need it why would you buy it? Plus men especially non college educated men are highly fucked by the current economy especially after feminists fought Obama on shovel ready jobs. I am extremely far left and believe in universal healthcare but this is blaming men who are already suffering (usually due to political decisions made by those in charge) and making what is the better choice for them even if it is not so good for a society that has abandoned them.

Anti-HPV vaccines exist for both males and females, but females are more likely to get the vaccine. Males, as a result, are 3.6 to six times more likely to be infected with the virus (depending on the strain), which can cause genital warts and several types of cancer.

No shit because doctors are not pushing it and a lot of insurance companies refuse to pay for it for men. Plus in men over the age of 30 it has very diminished results from what I remember.

No comparable “Well-Man Visit” is provided, despite the well-documented fact that across all races and ethnicities, men live sicker, significantly shorter lives than women. Most premature deaths are avoidable through preventive care. And there’s little doubt that effective mental health screening could reduce the horrifying statistic that males are four times more likely than females die by suicide.

To prevent premature deaths, boys and men must learn about their own health needs. But that’s unlikely to happen unless the messages come in person from a health professional. Well-man visits would inform men of their health needs and encourage them to become actively engaged in their health. They’ll also give providers the chance to catch problems while they’re still treatable or curable.

Nice victim blaming jackass.

Besides the terrible toll that prostate cancer takes every year on men, tens of thousands of wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters are devastated by the emotional, physical, spiritual, and economic impacts of this disease.

Lolololol won't someone think of the women? Not the men who get cancer meh not as important. Kind of obvious why men don't care about their health when those around them are treated as so much more important even in this very fucking article.

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ee4m · 2017-12-21T14:11:00+00:00

American men need to show solidarity and push through universal healthcare there.

American men have some of the worst health outcomes in the developed world.

Title	Why men don’t care about the health care debate
Author	not_a_martyr
Upvotes	2
Comments	11
Date	December 21, 2017 2:08 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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