tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15405788.post8258891630461500515..comments2024-01-04T07:33:10.137-05:00Comments on Seldom Wrong, Never in Doubt: Obama Believes, Obama Cares: Obama Doesn't Understand, Obama OwesJon A. Alfred E. Michael J. Wile E. SWNIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04595651777890086293noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15405788.post-60249634574176024952012-02-17T06:13:45.941-05:002012-02-17T06:13:45.941-05:00Becca, is it not true that young adults generally ...Becca, is it not true that young adults generally don't go to the doctor? And is that not because they generally don't have a lot of health expenses, because they're generally healthy? If young women only go to the gynecologist, do young men go at all? Having recently been a young man (well, not recently), we know the answer to that question, and so do you.<br /><br />In a recent <i>WSJ</i> op ed, Senators Box, Shaneen and Murray argued that birth control is expensive and so ought to be covered by a mandate. As much as $600 a year, they said it costs. So it has to be covered. No discretion, no choice.<br /><br />Really? A woman can't cover the cost of $1.65 per day?<br /><br />That question answers itself. But there's more. Kroger sells many generic BC pills for $4 a month. Fifty a month is the high end of the high end, and it's still not a big number.<br /><br />But let's say that it is a high number for some. Then make it EBT eligible. Why should a Roman Catholic hospital have to violate its principles for this? Are free birth control pills more valuable than free practice of religion?<br /><br />The problem is the <i>employer mandate</i>. Health insurance has got to be employer based, and it's got to cover what the government says it's got to cover. And if it's covered, there must be no direct expense to the patient. No discretion from employers, and none from patients.<br /><br />Had BHO not overreached to preserve the employer-based provision of health insurance that empowers collective bargaining, we wouldn't have this or various other messes.Jon A. Alfred E. Michael J. Wile E. SWNIDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04595651777890086293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15405788.post-72520968365637140362012-02-17T03:27:25.436-05:002012-02-17T03:27:25.436-05:00"There is no religious truth worth thinking a..."There is no religious truth worth thinking about other than his." Doesn't that describe you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15405788.post-18656674275509740892012-02-15T17:12:24.518-05:002012-02-15T17:12:24.518-05:00Regarding point three:
Obviously there is more to...Regarding point three: <br />Obviously there is more to women's health than contraceptive/reproductive services. That said, however, this is a HUGE percentage of actual health care and heath needs that many women have, younger women especially. It's no secret that any birth control (whether monthly, yearly, or a one-off thing like an IUD) can be pretty darn expensive. There are many younger women, myself included, whose only contact with a doctor or doctor's office of any kind has been the gynecologist (or substitute like Planned Parenthood). I don't even remember the last time I've been to a non-reproductive related doctor; it's literally been upwards of 5 or 6 years. I guess my point is that, yes, there is more than this involved in "women's health," but contraceptive/reproductive care is the major thing for a lot of us.beckahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11052497351288542831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15405788.post-60096285143567727032012-02-14T10:00:26.023-05:002012-02-14T10:00:26.023-05:00He doesn't want to fight against Catholics in ...He doesn't want to fight against Catholics in an election year. Individuals can be cast as extremist, right-wing, fundamentalists and ignored. He doesn't have much to lose there (he probably isn't expecting a large percentage of the evangelical vote anyway). Risking the loss of Catholics across the nation, on the other hand...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15405788.post-40925598640752693572012-02-12T23:23:28.707-05:002012-02-12T23:23:28.707-05:00Yeah, that's pretty lame. What I don't get...Yeah, that's pretty lame. What I don't get is why Obama would allow institutions the right to opt out of paying premiums for contraceptives so as not to violate their religious beliefs but not extend the same consideration to individuals.JB in CAnoreply@blogger.com