Medical Segregation: A Coming Coup in American Medical Care?

Medical Segregation: A Coming Coup in American Medical Care? by Wendy McElroy at Brownstone Institute Forbes calls it “the $20 billion question.” Should women’s health be approached on the basis of women’s clear biological differences from men—for example, by obstetricians and gynecologists—or on the far broader basis of assuming that biology informs every aspect of women’s health, and they should be addressed separately across the board? Should the federal government address health care at all?  The question was pushed forward on July 15 when the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, along with the Society for Women’s Health Research and the Women First Research Coalition announced a massive...

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