Obamacare apparently has a gendered component, creating a bunch of entitlements for women. It also creates a special "Office on Women's Health" despite the fact that men fair worse in all conceivable health indicators. Text of bill.

Demonspawn · 2012-03-06T17:43:33+00:00

Search for " men ": 1 hit:

‘‘(3) provide information to women and health care providers on those areas in which differences be- tween men and women exist;

Search for " women ": 44 hits. Here's some choice examples:

‘(4) PRIORITY FOR SERVING HIGH-RISK POPU- LATIONS

‘(C) Eligible families who are pregnant women who have not attained age 21.

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‘(b) DUTIES.—The Secretary, acting through the Of- fice, with respect to the health concerns of women, shall— ‘‘(1) establish short-range and long-range goals and objectives within the Department of Health and Human Services and, as relevant and appropriate, coordinate with other appropriate offices on activities within the Department that relate to disease preven- tion, health promotion, service delivery, research, and public and health care professional education, for issues of particular concern to women throughout their lifespan;

Also: "men's" 0 hits. "Women's" 14 hits. "Wom-" 4 hits.

Hrm.. the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" sounds a lot more like the "Creating still and yet more Bureaugamy for Women act"

Il128 · 2012-03-07T03:48:35+00:00

We are but the worker bee. Ours is to do and die not to question why.

I've been off site debating men's rights and here's the summary.

Men are oppressing men therefore it isn't oppression.
Men don't have rights issues because they are men.
What about the womynz?

NiceGuysSTFU · 2012-03-06T17:48:42+00:00

You lost me at "Obamacare."

jacobman · 2012-03-06T23:27:59+00:00

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