Woman Who Can't Afford Her Own Birth Control Scrapes Up Money For Congressional Run

[N35t0r]

It's ****ing ridiculous that routine things like that would be covered by insurance to begin with though.

I don't know, an insurance company with thousands of clients can more effectively negotiate for better prices than I alone.

[Patroklos]

Which was in fact Fluke's main point in her speech a few years back. The speech that had DD and other conservatives calling her a slut and whore.

As I just pointed out to your ignorant ass there is no drug "birth control," an insurer can cover a drug also used for contraceptive use for every other use under sun other than contraception and address all yours lame ass fake BS objections. This has been offered, but douche bags like you reject it because your goal has nothing to do with those other conditions but is solely concerned with dolling out free birth control to buy votes. You would be a tad bit more respectable if you would just admit that's your goal Instead of being the coward you are and dancing around it.

[notyoueither]

Tell us how you really feel, Pat.

[notyoueither]

In what way is it not a routine cost? Do you expect insurance to cover your toothpaste purchases as well? FFS, insurance is supposed to be protection against risk not be a catch all for everyday, normal expenses.

A public healthcare system should be mandating affordable coverage for everybody. $100 a month for a prescription to ward off a disease can be a lot of money for some people. They might abstain, use condoms or skip the pill and take their chances if birth control were the objective. Forcing low income people into a choice between food and a medically needed drug is barbaric. It's something the ACA is supposed to move the US away from, isn't it?

[DinoDoc]

Forcing low income people into a choice between food and a medically needed drug is barbaric.

Target Sells Pills For $9 A Month

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Birth control pills can be purchased for as low as $9 per month at a pharmacy near Georgetown's campus. According to an employee at the pharmacy in Washington, D.C.'s Target store, the pharmacy sells birth control pills—the generic versions of Ortho Tri-Cyclen and Ortho-Cyclen—for $9 per month. "That's the price without insurance," the Target employee said.
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[Ben Kenobi]

And heck, it's been shown that contraception has reduced the rate of abortions. So on a religious and economic matter (abortions & childcare when parents aren't financially ready for kids are more costly than contraception), I think its a good idea.

2/3rds of people seeking abortions were using contraception. So, yeah. Doesn't strike me as being very 'effective'.

[Elok]

DD, there are a crapton of different forms of birth control (or whatever you want to call contraceptive drugs, some of which have other medical uses). Not everyone is going to want the stuff you can get on the cheap at Target.

[Patroklos]

So? I could say that about any drug or procedure out there.

[Elok]

You could, but it would sound kind of silly. Compare: "Pain meds aren't covered by insurance? Heck, aspirin is dirt cheap, what's the problem?"

[pchang]

On a somewhat related note, never settle for any generics made by Ranbaxy.

[Felch]

A public healthcare system should be mandating affordable coverage for everybody. $100 a month for a prescription to ward off a disease can be a lot of money for some people. They might abstain, use condoms or skip the pill and take their chances if birth control were the objective. Forcing low income people into a choice between food and a medically needed drug is barbaric. It's something the ACA is supposed to move the US away from, isn't it?

It's not a public healthcare system. It's a mandatory insurance scheme. I have to have car insurance if I want to drive, but that doesn't cover oil changes. And they exist for similar reasons - just as liability insurance is meant to cover other drivers in the event of a collision, the ACA is meant to prevent people from dumping their medical expenses on hospitals (which pass the cost on to other patients).

Even if America had a free health care system, it's hard to say that contraception is a medically needed drug. Nobody needs to **** to live. If you're mature enough to ****, then you should be mature enough to buy a damn condom. If between the two of you, you can't come up with enough spare change for a rubber, then maybe you should **** less and work a little more.

My religion opposes this whole thing, but I don't really pay much heed to that. What I think is stupid is the idea that contraception is somehow a basic right, up there with food and shelter. Food and shelter are necessary to live, basic medical care ditto. Contraception is just a good way to make a fun activity a little safer. You can live without fun, you can't live without food or protection from the elements. Do you understand the difference? Paying for fun is what your disposable income is supposed to be for. Otherwise let's all demand free Netflix, so the ugly people can have something to pass the time.

[pchang]

Now, now. Plenty of ugly people manage to get sex.





Mainly with each other.

[Felch]

Should ugly people be given free contraceptives so that future generations will be prettier?

[pchang]

Yes.



If you substitute the words stupid for ugly and smarter for prettier.

[Felch]

I only **** stupid girls. They're the easiest to fool.