Posted on 08/01/2011 3:59:03 PM PDT by tobyhill
Health insurance plans must cover birth control as preventive care for women, with no copays, the Obama administration said Monday in a decision with far-reaching implications for health care as well as social mores.
The requirement is part of a broad expansion of coverage for women's preventive care under President Barack Obama's health care law. Also to be covered without copays are breast pumps for nursing mothers, an annual "well-woman" physical, screening for the virus that causes cervical cancer and for diabetes during pregnancy, counseling on domestic violence, and other services.
"These historic guidelines are based on science and existing (medical) literature and will help ensure women get the preventive health benefits they need," said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
The new requirements will take effect Jan. 1, 2013, in most cases. Tens of millions of women are expected to gain coverage initially, and that number is likely to grow with time. At first, some plans may be exempt due to a complex provision of the health care law known as the "grandfather" clause. But those even plans could face pressure from their members to include the new benefit.
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Is there a religious exemption for this?
For a (half) black man, Obama can’t seem to get enough Latinos into this country; doesn’t he see how they’re displacing “his” people?
Abortion is next!
How friggin stupid is this, and they wonder why the economy is not recovering. We are so screwed!
Only a retarded liberal would try to address the high cost of insurance by demanding that insurance companies pay for more services!
All of these extra costs are going to be passed on causing insurance rates to skyrocket.
I still find it unbelievable that a crappy item that salesman used to try and sell door to door (and get it slammed in their face) is now mandated by the government for us to buy!
what’s next, those ab machines they sell on TV at 3am! If the federal government can force us to buy this, they can force us to buy anything.
That is the reason for birth control coverage. ;-)
Many terrible, evil, stupid things have been done through the ages because they were "based on science".
In the wrong hands, "science" is simply an enabling tool.
Try getting an annual physical if you are on MEDICARE ....
and what, breast pumps but no mammograms?
Time for a Constitutional Amendment to pair back the “commerce clause” to the framer’s original intent.
For women who take birth control strictly for hormonal replacement, I can see this, maybe, but not for those just using it for birth control. It is a risky drug as well.
Er, do folks still use condoms for birth control?
If so, how many will Uncle Sam let you have each month?
Is Sebelius and Zero and their ilk about to tell us how many times per month a husband and wife can do the big nasty each month?
Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Castro all kept out of the bedrooms of the proletariat.
Just a thought..
Caddis who needs none anymore.
Not exactly- remember, a part of Obama's "Affordable" plan includes strict regulations on the insurance companies - they are limited on how much they raise rates (that is one of the reasons premiums went up even more than usual for many people, and why my former carrier decided to drop coverage in my state...consolidating resources).
Obama WANTS the insurance companies to bleed via regulation. He wants them to fold - so that all Americans can be carried by the "Gubmint Plan".
How many dumblecrats would vote for such an amendment? Pert near few to none by my reckoning.
Unless of course we are able to garner veto proof majorities in both houses...given the blue edges of this country, doubt that could happen....
Their plan is working fine. Our family health insurance has gone up so much that we cannot afford the co-pays, which means we’re paying well over $600 a month for absolutely NOTHING for us, but Planned Parenthood is laughing all the way to the bank!
You just pay for it in your premiums. Nothing is Free. Glucose screening in pregnancy has always been covered for “Free”. These people are nuts.
Yeah, I know, but a guy can dream, can't he?
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