Posted on 03/17/2012 12:18:40 PM PDT by MindBender26
[This is a personally written summation piece from multiple news stories and sources.]
In a Friday news dump, the Obama (mis)administration announced that college student health plans covering 4 out of 5 college girls/women must give them free, taxpayer-funded birth control. Even students at most religious schools are included in this new mandate.
The reason Obama cannot require free birth control and abortions for all college girls is due only to what is described as a 'technical defect" in the law, not Obama's desire to adhere to the wishes of the students, parents, or the schools.
The administration justifies this vast overreaching of government power by, for the first time, treating students as "employees" for Obamacare purposes.
Many MSM outlets are trying to hide the basic facts, but the underlying truth is contained in this segment of a story that moved on the AP:
"The Obama administration’s controversial birth control health insurance coverage rule will not apply to a type of plan used by about 200,000 college and graduate students, officials said Friday."
"The administration’s authority to issue the rule stemmed from the 2010 health-care law. Officials said they have concluded that for technical legal reasons the law’s reach does not extend to “self-insured” student plans, meaning those for which a college or university collects premiums directly from students, then uses the pool to pay for their health care."
“At least 800,000 students are in a different class of plan: ones that their school purchases from insurance companies on their behalf. These plans will be subject to the full array of consumer provisions mandated by the health-care law, including the birth control rule — which requires plans for workers and students to cover preventive services including prescription birth control, emergency contraception and sterilizations, with no out-of-pocket charges."
Summation: Of one million college girls, this Obamacare insanity covers 800,000 students, but misses 200,000. That’s 4 out of 5 of our daughters subjected to this immoral mandate.
Bottom line, you and I, those (too few) Americans who pay taxes, will have to pay for free birth control, abortion and all other such "services' for our daughters and granddaughters. We can try to teach them to keep sex sacred for marriage, but then the federal government tells 4 out 5 coeds, screw away, we'll even pay for the consequences.
While we will be forced to pay for this moral travesty, of course, the welfare queens, the AFDC parents, ACORNistas, food stamp “clients” and the other members of the Vast Unwashed pay nothing, because they pay no federal taxes.
When will this insanity stop!
Oh, and wouldn’t this coverage be paid for not by taxpayers but by all students paying for coverage in that particular plan?
In sum, I don’t think your title is actually accurate at all.
and in other news...
http://www.nursingschools.net/blog/2010/05/10-truly-shocking-stats-on-stds-and-college-students/
During your time in nursing school, you’re bound to run into a few lessons on the dangers of STDs in your patients. But as a college student, have you considered your own risk of STDs? These shocking statistics will show you just how prevalent these diseases really are and how few students are really prepared to safeguard themselves against them.
One in four college students has an STD. If college students think they aren’t at risk of getting an STD, then these are some serious numbers to consider. It is estimated that one in four college students will contract an STD during their time at school. In the larger population, this works out to 50% of people getting an STD at some time in their life. Because of the prevalence of STDs in the college population, students should be extra vigilant about protecting themselves.
Only 54 percent of students regularly use condoms during vaginal intercourse, 29 percent during anal intercourse and only 4 percent during oral sex. These numbers are saddeningly low and perhaps the reason that STD levels are so high among students. While many schools and communities provide free condoms and sexual education courses, many students are not taking advantage or choose not to use the resources they provide and putting themselves at a very high risk for potentially life-changing infections.
A 2004 survey conducted by CDC researcher Dr. Sarah Forhan tested 838 teen girls for four STDs. Of these girls, 18 percent had the Human Papillomavirus, 4 percent had Chlamydia, 2.5 percent has Trichomoniasis and 2 percent had the Herpes Simplex Virus. While some of these STDs are treatable, many are not and will be carried with these young girls and their sexual partners for life. Most, if not all, women in the study were unaware that they had an STD.
Overall, the CDC estimates that 19 million new sexually transmitted infections occur each year, almost half among 15- to 24-year-olds. College is a time when many young people choose to explore their newfound freedom. Part of this can be engaging in potentially unsafe sexual situations. Perhaps that is why STD rates are so much higher among teens and young adults than they are with any other age group. It’s a powerful statistic to keep in mind for those entering the college dating scene.
80% of people who have a sexually transmitted disease experience no noticeable symptoms. This often means that since they have no reason to believe that anything is wrong with them they will be unlikely to visit a doctor to be checked out, allowing them to transmit the disease to other partners. Students need to keep in mind that just because you can’t see the effects of an STD doesn’t mean it’s not there.
One study of college students showed that in 91 percent of women with new HPV infections, HPV became undetectable within two years. HPV is the number one sexually-transmitted disease on college campuses. It might be the number one disease, but the majority of those infected with it won’t have any actual signs of carrying the disease, even though it can still be transmitted to another partner. Some HPV infections resolve themselves, but other kinds can cause genital warts and cervical cancer. Students should take advantage of HPV vaccines, now widely available, to help protect themselves.
Over 45% of college freshmen who have been binge drinking and under the influence of alcohol failed to consider the usage of contraceptive aids when engaging in sexual intercourse. 15% of these students contracted and/or spread STD’s amongst other college students with 7% of these infected students unaware of their condition. Many times, alcohol can play a big role in unsafe sexual practices, especially with college students. Students should avoid binge drinking if they want to be extra careful about reducing their STD risk.
More than half the participants in a study done among college students believe they can tell if someone has an STI just by looking at them. As we’ve seen in other statistics on this list, that’s simply not the case. The vast majority of people with STDs have no idea they have them because they have no symptoms of the disease. No matter how someone dresses, acts or looks, there is no way to physically tell with a reliable degree of accuracy whether or not someone has an STD just by looking. Even if there were, it’s better to be safe than sorry.
87% of men know how to use a condom correctly and 70% believe men should carry a condom at all times “just in case, but only 60% of women know how to use a condom correctly and a whopping 60% also say they would still have sex even if their partner refused to wear a condom. This is a case where women have to step up and protect themselves from STDs. Most college campuses offer classes that will teach women about safe sex, condoms and how to protect themselves. Of course, it is also important to learn that some partners, even those you really like, aren’t worth having unprotected sex with if it puts you at risk of getting an STD.
As much as 60% of women in the same survey reported that they are in committed relationships while only 38% of men reported the same. Relationships can be tricky things to define, and if you’re in one, you want to make sure that both you and your partner are on the same page when it comes to where you stand. You might think you’re only sleeping with each other, but the reality could be very different and very scary.
Lots of health plans have been covering Viagra—that’s what originally led to the push to have prescription birth control covered as well.
At least it would be less liberals. Christian girls won’t be getting abortions.
Why would they need it, aren’t liberals trying to raise them as lesbians?
He wanted 100%, but missed 20% due to what the Obamistas call a “technical defect” in the law.
In addition to everything else, we are teaching the best and brighter that there are no consequences tk their actions, and there are no morals, no ethics.
They likely justify that because all student loans are under the aegis of the Fed. Govt. these days, through Sallie Mae.
BINGO.
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