Are online daters getting tricky with their questions or are they gold-diggers looking for a different kind of gold?

Online daters are using health insurance to lure or screen potential mates. Examples: 1) A woman's ad asks, "Do you make at least $75,000 a year and have health insurance?" 2) A man's ad says he "can supply all the little things like health insurance and the big things like a nice place to live." 3) Another man's ad says, "If you are able to add someone to your health insurance as a 'spousal equivalent' have I got a deal for you."

Daters' explanation: We ask about your health insurance just as a way to establish that you've got it together.

Cynic's translation: They want your health insurance.

Economist's conclusion: This is a logical result of patchwork, employer-based health insurance: Coverage becomes a commodity in sex as in everything else.

(Quote taken from Slate, covering an article in the WSJ)

Tags: dating, singles, health insurance