Now that everyone is getting along, maybe I should not stir up the nest but here goes...

This is just an observation I have made over the years - take it as you may...

I work in the health industry. There is a federal mandate that child support agencies may send a Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMSCO) to an employer. These QMCSOs are issued to an employer giving the employer the authority to add a child unto a health plan and take any necessary deductions out of an employee's paycheck without authorization from the employee. These are issued when an employee has a court order to provide health coverage for their child but they fail to do so.

So these QMCSOs are issued because "deadbeat" parents are not fulfilling their obligation as issued by the court.

Here is the part that is just an observation so take it how you may...

I have seen hundreds of these QMSCOs and out of all them, only one has been issued on a female employee.

With that, you can draw a few conclusions and I am not really sure how accurate they are.

Conclusion one - Men are more often responsible to cover their children under their health plans.

Conclusion two - Men more often shirk their responsibility of covering their children under their health plans.

Conclusion three - In my observation, QMSCOs are more likely issued on people making a lower wage than average and typically these employees have been male due to the industry/work (at least for the plans I administer) and that is why there seems to be a slant towards men appearing as "deadbeat" parents.

(Modified - My money is on a combination of conclusion one and conclusion three.)