Part 3 - The Impact Of The Obama Economic Plan For America's Working Women.

in the beginning of this campaign series i stated i wouldn't vote for obama i was strictly behind Hillary but now things have drastically changed .while i wish obama had chosen Hillary the fact that republicans chose a woman running mate to sway the women s vote did nothing to attract me for Sara Palin is no Hillary Clinton !Obama has my vote now!

I really do not understand why Republicans fight universal health care. Aren't they for helping businesses? Think of how much money that would save all business not just small business. I'm a victim of Bush's HSA and my family should not even have health insurance although our plan is better than some. My husband's employer puts in a tiny bit of money a month, then once we reach ten thousand dollars in medical bills the insurance company starts picking up some of the expenses. We still pay a lot of money each month for the plan, if nothing else that Bush has done in office hasn't proved he is an idiot HSA's should. I say harooy to Obama for this. And, I'll be waiting for your break down of the education plan lol just kidding

Where did you get the stat that women are less like to seek medical care. Every stat I have read said that men are the one who do not see medical care especially routine care like Prostate Exams. On the electronic claims, Most insurance companies are already doing that. I work in the health insurance industry for years, and I know the large insurance companies start doing that 5 years ago or more. I know the amount of paper claims that comes through the companies I am familiar with are about 1%. You are right electronic submission does decrease administrative cost. I think Obama has some good ideas, and would really help the poor more than John McCain. I don't think John McCain has really work on any woman or poor people issues during his time in the Senate. I am not a 100% though.

All I heard in the CLinton admin was better health care, more health care for the needy...I never saw it.

I agree with you on the issue of McCain and Palin not addressing many of the issues that are affecting the people of the United states today. These include the following: Housing Medical Insurance Availability & Health Care Jobs & Employment Economy & Trade Diplomacy (really part of Trade) Equity in Lending Immigration Taxation However, Lloyd I have got to say this in part because I am a woman and I believe it is important for people to understand that gender is not 100% of the reason for the pay disparity. Choice is approximately 90% of disparity issue and it is impossible to correct disparity unless the government makes a decision to apply rules that would create greater burden and reverse discriminatory practices. I, as a woman, would be disturbed by this, to say the least. Here is the real issue behind pay disparity. I am going to use a small scenario so that you can see the timeline and process involved. Joe and Sally are the same age with the same intellect and capabilities. They attend the same university and receive the same grades in all their core classes in accounting and finance. They are both recruited straight from college by a big name accounting firm and do their time in junior roles receiving high marks and both sit for their CPA at the same time receiving passing scores. For the first 5 years of their careers they essentially are tracking similarly earning the same money and the same promotions with 3 months of each other. At the 5 year mark they are both earning $65K and they are both managers with the firm. They also both marry at this time. They are both 27 years old. They are also both on the Partner track which means that within another 5 years assuming they continue to perform well they will both be offered a Jr. Partnership within the firm and within 10 years they will be offered a Partnership. Now is when the fun begins. At 30 Sally has her first child. She takes time off, 3 months, to stay at home with her child. Joe has his first child as well but he does not take time off. Sally returns to work after maternity leave with no real affect on her position, however her work begins to suffer as her focus is now differently directed. Joe continues to be highly focused on the prize. At 32 both Sally and Joe have their second children, this time Sally decides to leave work for an extended period (5 years) while Joe remains focused on his career. Joe makes Jr. Partner and is working toward Partnership, Sally is a SAHM with no earnings. Joe's earnings are now in the $150K + bonus range. Sally sees her children into the school days and decides to return to work. Joe and Sally have kept in touch through the years and he offers her a position in the firm she left 5 years ago. He knows her capabilities and skills. He will bring her back as a group manager at $60K annually. Joe can do this as he recently made Partner! His earnings are now in the $500K + bonus range. This was an extreme case, however it is accurate. It is choices. The fact is that women and men make different career choices all the time. Men choose careers that are harder, dirtier, more physical and that pay better. Women choose careers that will allow them time with their families. Men do not exit careers for periods of time to care for their families, women do. Some of this obviously is the difficulty in entering certain job classifications, men are physically stronger than women and women are child bearers. But some of this is simply the way in which society works. I would not have the government step in and say you must pay a woman the same as a man despite that woman not having the same experience and skills. That is simply BS. Women must learn to stand on their own two feet and compete, they must stop whinning. Yes the Court ruling that they only have 65 days to complain was bogus. Yes, gender discrimination happens just as other discriminatory practices happen. However, not everything is due to discrimination. Sometimes it is because we don't negotiate well, sometimes it is because we don't stand up for ourselves and say this is what I am worth in the market so this is what you must pay me. We allow ourselves to be underpaid and then whine about it when we find out the guy in the office next to us made a better deal - it isn't because he has a outtie rather than an innie it is because he did a better job at selling himself.

Hi lloydamthony111, QWell if Obama gets in to power let hope women are not treated as second class citzen and why is America in this day and age treats women like a second anyway? Tamara

I must say that the more that i hear about and from the McCain camp, the more they scare me. With Palin under ivestigation, and McCain avoiding more issues than he is willing to talk about, I fear what our nation will become if he is elected!

Gee, Lloyd, I really have nothing much to add other than to thank you for pointing out what Obama has done and will do for women's health and economic issues. I might add that with Joe Biden as his running mate we women can feel even more sure that we have two true friends in the Administration. I'm still totally blown away that apparently the McCain camp thought women would jump to his side just because he picked a female as his VP. Don't get me wrong, I certainly realize there ARE conservative women who are probably quite impressed with Palin but for them to think any Democratic women and former Hillary supporters would jump ship for that reason alone really offends me. I have a feeling McCain and Palin will continue to refuse to discuss these issues because they have nothing to offer! Annie

lloyd, thanks for all the info, but by now I thought you'd have realized that Obama just TALKS. His plans for the nation are not financially doable. He is prominsing everything and will deliver nothing. For example, he has made a big deal about his plans to remedy the pay discrepancy between men and women in the workplace, but when you look at the record on his campaign staffers shows he is paying women on his staff just 83 cents for every dollar he is paying the men. All he gives is flowery words and lofty speeches, but he is never going to deliver on them and his actions prove it. Hypocricy, Hypocricy, Hypocricy. Those who believe him are buying into a pipe dream because words are all they are going to get. Here's the scoop on his campaign staff: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmEzMTZmNTk5MDI0NTZmNjUwMjllN2ZlZTc0MWFmYzY=

I'm so sorry for coming so late. Since now Obama is the president of USA we can see his plans turning into reality.

I have some questions about Obama economic plan's for America working women. What will happen if his plan is "right"? and what will happen if his plan is "wrong"? Actually, I'm not American, but I am really interested in his point about women and low incomes families. So I really want to know your opinion about that. Tifa,