Contraception Could Be Free Under Obamacare

Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S., thanks to the new health care law.

That could start a shift toward more reliable -- and expensive -- forms of birth control that are gaining acceptance in other developed countries.

But first, look for a fight over social mores.

A panel of experts advising the government meets in November to begin considering what kind of preventive care for women should be covered at no cost to the patient, as required under President Barack Obama's overhaul.

A birth control pill container designed to look like a woman's makeup compact for Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc. of Raritan, N.J., is displayed at the manufacturer's assembly line on May 28, 1999.

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I mean, Obamacare is more about population control than free medical care...



Promotion of contraception en masse; sound like neo-eugenics to me.

Does it also sound neo-eugenic to you?

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Promotion of contraception en masse; sound like neo-eugenics to me.

Does it also sound neo-eugenic to you?

No. It sounds like family planning.

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I'm not an insurance specialist, but isn't birth control currently covered by most, if not all, medical plans. I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure out that it's cheaper to pay for birth control than it is to pay for the birth of a baby, much less the ongoing medical care for the new child. Most insurance companies tend to allow coverage of procedures that save them money in the long run and I don't see any reason why this insurance should be any different.

Maybe if you looked at the other side of this issue, such as the rampant abuse of children of unplanned pregnancies, foster care, the death of children by children who have children, the poor grandparents that are aging and having to raise 2-3 smaller children that are being lost on the streets.

There is an epidemic of mass proportion of children living horrific lives due to the system withholding the easiest way of prevention. Contraception!!

Peace, NRE.

Originally posted by ironfalcon
I mean, Obamacare is more about population control than free medical care...



Promotion of contraception en masse; sound like neo-eugenics to me.

Does it also sound neo-eugenic to you?

Uh...no.

How about when the global population stops expanding at an insane rate, we revisit all this eugenics talk. I think the fact that we are going the other way kind of renders all these conspiracies moot.

Contraceptives are available for free now from any health clinic. They'll give you a whole bag of them, in different forms.

Nothing new and certainly doesn't make up for the contents of the bill or it's unconstitutionality.

Contraceptives are already freely given in high school, and often are available in junior high. Teens can already go to "family planning" offices around the US and get "the pill", the "morning after pill" and even subcutaneous implants for birth control without cost.

So how is this news?

Way to go, democrats (in name only), taking things already available and repackaging them as something new and improved while all the while increasing taxes to cover them (even though they were already covered under existing taxes).

Finally!!! I think that is brilliant I know one too many teen moms who got knocked up because A) no one explained BC and B) some couldn't afford it . I hope Canada does the same.

Originally posted by Xiamara
Finally!!! I think that is brilliant I know one too many teen moms who got knocked up because A) no one explained BC and B) some couldn't afford it . I hope Canada does the same.

So it's the gov't responsibility to explain / provide birth control and not the parents' job?

I suppose it's true what they say about civilizations imploding, that it starts from the inside.

soooo?

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Does it also sound neo-eugenic to you?

No. Not in the slightest. Free contraception would be one of the best ideas for society imaginable especially if it came with education on how to properly use said contraception. This country needs a healthy dose of safe sex. One of our main issues as a species is that we don't take responsibility for our actions sexually, that's why STDs are everywhere and abortion is necessary. Its one of the disadvantages to how much fun sex is, we have trouble doing it responsibly and end up with children starving on the streets.

Originally posted by Vthesocialist
soooo?

Don't expect an educated, well-thought-out response... particularly with such an articulate question.

... just saying.

As someone that does not fall within the "low-income" bracket to obtain the "free" birth control from clinics, and is also made extremely ill by all but one specific type of birth control, I say FU to anyone who has a problem with making all contraception free to those that need it.

Even with my currently ridiculously expensive health insurance I am still stuck paying $50 an f'ing month for birth control. And in all honesty, I've only been on it the majority of these years to control my cycle as it goes off the charts without it. So for those that want to argue against it, tell me, if you had no choice but to be on contraception due to an issue like mine where you have a near constant period without it, would you be happy about being told that it's going to cost you $50 or more a month that you can't afford? Being forced to either suffer or pay ridiculous amounts of money for a medication is bs and more people need to see that and stop complaining that it's all some big conspiracy. The only conspiracy I see is "let the sick ones suffer and die because they can't afford care which obviously means they just weren't good enough to belong here anyway." But that's just coming from someone that has had to suffer my entire life with one illness or another and constantly be in debt trying to get treatment, management, or care for those issues.

I think far too many people who don't actually have any use or business with an issue really need to stop trying to make decisions about it for those that actually are affected by the issue. No not all abortions are because of irresponsibility, no not all birth control is taken by evil child haters that want to go out and have rampant sex with everything that moves, and no not everyone that wants the option to have a more permanent method of birth control is just "too young to know what they really want".

All the education and free pills/rubbers in the world wont make an irresponsible person behave responsibly.

Hell, mandate it under force of law and they still wont do it. Mass must have 35 different "don't drive like a dick" laws and every couple of minutes some moron is on 495 trying to spread jelly on a muffin, check last nights scores and text some buddies.

The only cure for stupid is death. Why society goes through so much trouble trying to keep the stupid from dying is beyond me. Just let nature take its course.

Its rare that the socialists free hand-outs make any sense. In this case it actually does, if we consider long-term implications. Impressive.

Contraception is pretty much free already in the states. This is only news worthy because of election day, even if the article attempted to undermine "Obamacare' I don't think it will matter given most of the voters are PRO contraceptives.

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You're mistaken. Clinics don't discriminate. If you walk in and ask for them, they will give you a big, brown paper sack of them. No questions asked. They can not legally deny anyone for any reasons. Just because it's not the "kind" of contraceptive you prefer is just tough cookies. They're just as effective.

Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
The only cure for stupid is death. Why society goes through so much trouble trying to keep the stupid from dying is beyond me. Just let nature take its course.

Because these people are easier to control. Remember the gov't funded research to make catfish more stupid so they were easier to catch? Same principle.

I for one totally agree with your premise. I've been yelling it for years and getting glared at by the bleeding hearts and crazy cat ladies.

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No, sounds like family planning.

A child that is not planned is often times unwanted.

Our prisons are full of people that were not planned.

I am all for free contraceptives.

At 20 I went to a family planning clinic for free and an grateful.

Pay now or pay later............nipping an unwanted baby in the bud is cheaper by far than building more prisons later.

All humans by the way should have free medical care. That is a basic human right.

The elite are trying to brain wash the masses into believing it's socialism/communism because they don't want to have to give up the money they are hoarding. They don't want to give up spending $80,000 for their child's birthday party and would rather your kid and mine rot.

Things have got to be evened out more and until the common man realizes how much the few "haves" are robbing us blind we will continue to have the massive amount of injustices we now have.