United States approves free birth control for women

[derspiess]

I just like the reaction I get from using that term

Careful.  That road leads to Slargosian side.

Meh.  That would have happened by now.

[derspiess]

It will actually save the government a great amount of money to subsidize birth control among the lower classes. A fiscal conservative should not be opposed to this.

That assumes the lower classes would make use of it.  Most of them can already do so for free or almost free from semi-private organizations like Planned Parenthood.

[Ideologue]

I just like the reaction I get from using that term

Careful.  That road leads to Slargosian side.

Meh.  That would have happened by now.

Is there some an established half-life for when forum members becomes a raving lunatic?

[derspiess]

I just like the reaction I get from using that term

Careful.  That road leads to Slargosian side.

Meh.  That would have happened by now.

Is there some an established half-life for when forum members becomes a raving lunatic?

Dunno.  I'm just saying it would've happened by now in my case.

[alfred russel]

I think free birth control is a great idea, but it feels wrong to have medical insurance cover something where medically speaking there isn't a problem (and the risk you are preventing is that things work as they should). Probably the easiest way to distribute free birth control though.

[Ideologue]

We should legislate mandatory facials instead.

[The Brain]

We should legislate mandatory facials instead.

Yes they are a lot cheaper.

[Martinus]

We should legislate mandatory facials instead.

This.

[Martinus]

Incidentally, supporting free birth control is probably me at my most altruistic.

[dps]

It will actually save the government a great amount of money to subsidize birth control among the lower classes.

Except, as I understand it, the government isn't subsidizing it--the government is requiring the insurance companies to subsidize it.  Though the article is rather ambiguous on that point.  This:

The guidelines go into effect on Monday, requiring insurers to provide free coverage of preventive care services for women in all new plans beginning in August 2012.

seems to be saying that it's the insurance companies that would be doing the subsidizing, but this:

The recommendation faced opposition from conservative and religious groups that balked at using taxpayer money to cover birth control

would seem to imply it's the government.

I think free birth control is a great idea, but it feels wrong to have medical insurance cover something where medically speaking there isn't a problem (and the risk you are preventing is that things work as they should). 

On a certain level, I don't think that insurance should be required to cover anything that's elective, such as pregnancy, non-reconstrutive plastic surgery, etc.

[garbon]

Pregnancy isn't always elective.

[DGuller]

On a certain level, I don't think that insurance should be required to cover anything that's elective, such as pregnancy, non-reconstrutive plastic surgery, etc.

I agree, it's absurd to have insurance cover anything that's elective, the model simply won't work like that.  The purpose of insurance is to cover against chance events.  That's also why it's absurd to have a healthcare system based entirely on insurance.

[Eddie Teach]

Is there some an established half-life for when forum members becomes a raving lunatic?

I would suggest trolling the forum is a sign of boredom rather than lunacy.

Kind of refreshing to see one that was actually successful, we've generally become so blase.

[Caliga]

It will actually save the government a great amount of money to subsidize birth control among the lower classes. A fiscal conservative should not be opposed to this.

The problem with this is that the lower classes aren't all that interested in birth control.  More chilluns gits me more TANF, yo!

[derspiess]

It will actually save the government a great amount of money to subsidize birth control among the lower classes. A fiscal conservative should not be opposed to this.

The problem with this is that the lower classes aren't all that interested in birth control.  More chilluns gits me more TANF, yo!

Either that or they just don't give a shit either way.