Thanks to NPR!

As we await the much anticipated health care discussion at the Supreme Court on March 26th, the issue is getting a full court press in the media.

NPR revealed the drastic differences in the amounts of uninsured citizens per state (many in Texas and few in Massachusetts).

The New York Times was also quick to chime in with news that health care costs are still dictated by gender.

To add to the complexity of per state and per sex matters, there are curious variations among insurance companies:

‘In Arkansas, for example,’ Ms. Greenberger said, ‘one health plan charges 25-year-old women 81 percent more than men, while a similar plan in the same state charges women only 10 percent more.’

Maternity care is another issue that has been brought to light. An important issue as over fifty percent of women in this country are mothers.

The new federal law, the Affordable Care Act, generally requires insurance plans to cover maternity care as one of the ‘essential health benefits.’

Health Care in America can appear to be topsy-turvy in many respects. The system of care gets crazier and more complex by the year. Let’s hope that our public servants can start to sort through the mess next week.