However, with the introduction of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), some of these inequalities have significantly decreased. The insurance companies can no longer use gender ratings to decide the premiums. In addition, ACA has mandated the insurance companies to include mental and reproductive health in their primary care coverage. Presently, …show more content…
If I am a primary care physician responsible for treating the individuals in such situation then I would address it through the ethical concept of distributive justice. One of the way to follow this ethical principle would be by decreasing the copays for the poor women, thereby helping them to seek regular primary care services. Another way would be by distributing the social services and other resources equally and adequately towards women’s health. Above all, this might not be the definitive solution to the ethical challenges related to gender inequalities, but it does provide substantive guidelines towards declining such