Women drop $15 billion more annually on medical expenses than men. How employers can fix the covert health insurance ‘pink tax’

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Women spend billions more each year on health care than men do—and it indirectly contributes to the gender wage gap.

That’s according to a new report—titled “Hiding in plain sight: The health care gender toll”—released Tuesday by financial services firm Deloitte. Researchers examined the medical spending of 16 million U.S. workers with company-sponsored health insurance plans from 2017 through 2022, and explored patterns of gender inequity the data revealed.