Alpha Mail: Obamacare and the Female Imperative

Jill is being devoured by the rage monster:

The reason why men will have such hikes in their insurance costs is that there is to be no disparity between what men and women pay. Women, on average, pay a lot more for (individual) health insurance. They pay more because they go to the doctor more often. They are the ones who are more likely to take their kids to the doctor for head colds. They, to a much higher degree than men, have been manipulated into "preventative" healthcare (and this doesn't even get into maternity care and well-baby visits). So they cost the system more. Men will simply be subsidizing their more frequent use of medical care. Men work the most dangerous jobs and die younger, on average, than women do, but they don't tend to go to the doctor for preventative care.

Why should men have to do that? Good question, but a little late to be asking that. Obamacare was foisted on all of us, both men and women, whether we want it or like it. Some would say we should get as much out of the system as we can, but I, personally, would rather not. Really, how is it going to help me to take prescription meds? I have so much rage at this issue already that when you bring up the "female imperative" the rage monster just eats me up inside. I don't want Obamacare any more than you do.

I have to confess, I'm not clear concerning towards whom Jill's rage is directed.  Is it the fault of any one individual woman that the Obama administration sees political benefit in serving the Female Imperative?  Of course not.  Are there women who oppose Obamacare despite the fact that estimates indicate that they will personally benefit from it?  I assume there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of them.

But this doesn't preclude understanding the political realities that are driving this latest government intrusion upon the tattered remnants of American liberties.  Nor does it change the fact that one of the primary problems in resisting the growth of government is the refusal of many women - not all, to be sure - to oppose policies such as no-fault divorce, VAWA, and domestic abuse-related laws on the grounds that they might one day personally benefit from the enshrinement of the Female Imperative into law.