If Rush Limbaugh could draw cartoons …

AntZ is lying as usual…or at the very least not citing anything.

Medicare covers prostate screenings: http://www.medicare.gov/(X(1)S(v4ldad454vqx0h555di5bi55))/navigation/manage-your-health/preventive-services/prostate-cancer-screening.aspx

Medicare also covers smoking cessation and there is nothing there about gender: http://www.medicare.gov/(X(1)S(v4ldad454vqx0h555di5bi55))/navigation/manage-your-health/preventive-services/smoking-cessation.aspx

I searched “vasectomy” and “tubal ligation” on the Medicare site and found nothing.

Vasectomies are covered by insurance: http://www.webmd.com/sex/birth-control/vasectomy-14387

So is Viagra: http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-204_162-670833.html

Is this the act? http://housedocs.house.gov/energycommerce/ppacacon.pdf

because I searched for “vasectomy” “tubal” “prostate” and found nothing. AntZ thinks it means its not covered, but my above links, more importantly the one from the medicare website itself proves otherwise.

when I searched for contraception, this is what came up

IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term ‘personal
responsibility education program’ means a program that is
designed to educate adolescents on—
‘‘(i) both abstinence and contraception for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, consistent with the requirements of subparagraph (B); and ‘(ii) at least 3 of the adulthood preparation subjects described in subparagraph (C)

There’s nothing it it about women getting birth control and not men because there’s nothing about birth control period. Can you please show us AntZ where you got that?

There is a section on Mammography and Office of Women’s Health…maybe it’s mentioned because of this:

According to Wikipedia:

Women who were able to find insurance on the individual market prior to the ACA were routinely subject to high premiums because of their gender and possible rescission of coverage without refund if they became seriously ill. Yet the increased cost did not equate to more services – only about 13% of insurance plans prior to the ACA included maternity coverage and most preventive services for women covered by insurance plans included some form of cost-sharing[146].

The ACA prohibits insurance companies from charging individual higher premiums based on gender beginning in 2014. Prior to the ACA, being a woman was considered justification for high premiums in most states. Through a process called “gender rating,” thirty-seven states allowed insurance companies to charge women a higher premium, even though higher premiums did not cover gender-specific medical needs such as maternity care[152]. A 25 year-old woman could pay up to an 84% higher premium than a 25 year-old male for identical coverage[153]. In many cases, the premium for a healthy woman was more expensive than the premium for a male smoker of the same age[145]. The ACA mandates that new insurance plans beginning on or after August 1, 2011, include basic preventive care services without cost-sharing[154]. Woman-specific preventive services that will be covered without cost sharing include gestational diabetes screening, well-woman visits, female contraceptives and contraceptive counseling, and breastfeeding support and supplies[155].

for the Medicare links just nightlight everything…it just made a link out of the first half…damn HTML

Also my wiki source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act

I support Rush. I think the fact that they haven’t been inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame is proof of the bias against Canadian bands.

magdelyn, are you honestly arguing that paying more for the same services means you are doing better out of your insurance?

spend a lot less on healthcare, see the doctor less than women

This IS an issue, one that I know I suffer from as well, and it does need to be solved. But how do you figure men using health services less, in any way, changes the fact that women’s reproductive health receives less coverage than men’s? How does it change the fact that up till recently all the research done on diseases that affect both genders has been concentrated on male subjects? That men have issues in no way invalidates the problems that women face. I would like to see more campaigns encouraging men to see their doctors (I’ve seen more and more ad campaigns informing people about heart disease symptoms, stroke symptoms and depression symptoms out here in Canada, which is fucking awesome), but I do not expect feminism to work on those problems.

Mags, you are aware that men tend to seek healthcare less than women right?

This, despite having better access to health insurance than women.

The other commenters have already covered this, but all of the issues that Mags raises stem from the fact that men do not seek medical attention as consistently as women do — they aren’t barred from access, they choose to not go. My father suffered in silence through a heart attack and didn’t even tell his own family about the issues he was having. The second one killed him. We didn’t even know he’d had a first heart attack until the autopsy results. And that shit right there, where men remain stoic and don’t talk about internal stuff? That’s the poisonous result of the cult of masculinity. And that shit does not come from feminism, that shit comes from the patriarchy.

When you think about it, shouldn’t men like these be more in favor for more access to birth control since this would lower the chance of those evil women taking advantage of them? As for those politicians, they usually don’t have more than two kids so either they rarely have sex or use the birth control they despise (especially with their mistresses.)

I wasn’t sure if there was a “tips” section, but I thought that this post on cartoons might be a good place to post these.

These comics reveal the true nature of feminists. About plans for making all men dead and how to use your feminine wiles to catch yourself a man. Kate Beaton is on to you feminists, it seems.

http://twitpic.com/8sta8l

http://twitpic.com/8st35s

Maybe it is worth pointing that (cis) women, on average, go more to the doctor due to pregnancy and maternity issues, for, as far as I know, pregnancy requires quite a lot of medical care?

shadow: “… but I do not expect feminism to work on those problems.”

Good. Then I guess we can dispense with the argument that what men need is more feminism to solve their problems. Therefore, you won’t mind there being a men’s rights movement. Since you can’t very well say that feminism is the answer to gender problems, and in the next breath say that feminism has no obligagtion toward 1/2 the worlds population.

How many drugs have been developed specifically for women’s sexual dysfunction?

Oh that would be none.

How many for men?

Cialis, Viagra, and Levitra.

All those meds are currently fully covered by insurance. Even by catholic employers.

Therefore, you won’t mind there being a men’s rights movement.

Of course not…if it helped men. So far all I have seen is “WOMEN SUCK ARGLE BARGLE. ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT HURT WOMEN SHOULD BE STOPPED.”

A men’s rights movement that did not involve spending 99% of the time trying to tear down women would be absolutely lovely.

There are a lot of things that men need help on:

1. not being taught that real men do not complain about their health
2. not being taught that real men do not go to the doctor when they feel sick.
3. not being taught that real men do not reach out for help when they are depressed.
4. prisons actually focusing on prevention of rape of inmates.
5. teaching men that school is just as worthy a goal as whatever is keeping men from going to college
6. actually finding out what is keeping men from going to college.
7. I am sure there are many many others.

But that is not what the MRM wants to do. It wants to hurt women in as many ways as possible.