Apr 8, 2024

Women pay more for health care. It adds up.

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According to a Deloitte study, employed women pay $15 billion more each year for out-of-pocket health care than men do. Why?

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Women pay more than men for health care. That's leading some of them to declare bankruptcy.

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

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Even when pregnancy-related costs are stripped out, women still pay more than men.

Female employees spend about $266 a year more out-of-pocket for health care than their male colleagues, a Deloitte study finds.

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