While both sexes are able to get some of the best healthcare in the US, you would expect US health to be a lot higher than it actually is. This is caused by a couple of reasons, but mainly because of gender rolls and access to that healthcare.

First off, Healthcare isn’t cheap in the US. This is a good thing and a bad thing. Its good because we have some of the best doctors and facilities in the world and people from all over the world, if they have the money, come to the US for treatment. My mom went to the mayo clinic in Jacksonville, Fl when she had breast cancer and I was shocked by the number of foreigners there. Probably only half of the patients could speak English and most people weren’t local and came from all over. because of this they had taxis that just ran from the airport to the clinic and they also had specially built hotels for patients to stay at. If healthcare rates go down, these high end facilities would not be feasible, let alone profitable. the doctors would move to somewhere else where they can still make a lot of money and so would the business.

While we have these types of facilities not many people can afford it. Without medical insurance regular checkups aren’t financially feasible for a lot of people. Without medical checkups cancers arent found until its already too late and diseases go untreated.  This mostly affects women because they tend to go to the doctors more often for just normal sicknesses and generally minor things. They also require a lot more medical checkups than males do. Males only need a family doctor, a dentist, and maybe an optician if they have bad eyesight. Females on the other hand also need a gynecologist and an OBGYN  when pregnant or wanting to become pregnant. Insurance companies know that females tend to need more healthcare, which means they are more expensive, so they charge women more than men. This means that its harder for women to get the healthcare that they need than a male.

Men’s problem with healthcare seems more based on gender roles. Men don’t like going to someone for help or being seen as sick or injured because they might be seen as weak. Its much more likely for a guy to tape his fingers together when broken than to just go to the doctor. Guys don’t go to the doctor for anything unless they’re dying. Other than normal checkups/getting shots, the only time I have gone to the doctors is to get something removed from me or get a body part stitched back together or on. This is also pretty funny because guys will act like they’re dying when they have a cold and its pretty funny watching the guy who got struck by lightning and didn’t make a big deal about it, laying in his bed dying just from being congested. Another reason guys don’t go to the hospital is because its expensive. that mixed with their stubbornness makes even men who can afford to go, not go to the hospital. I’m not paying someone a bunch of money to just do what i can do with some superglue and butterfly strips.