We pay out-of-pocket, without insurance co-pay, just under $20 per month. No big deal. If the government is going to get involved, their only interest should be in making sure that all welfare women are on the pill as a condition of receiving benefits.
Keep in mind that women on welfare already receive free birth control with no co-pays. In their case, this new HHS regulation changes nothing: it only extends free birth control to women on private insurance plans by
mandating that the
private insurance plans cover it without co-pay. Meaning
premiums go up for everybody, (don't you know what "free" means?) in order to pay for contraception for everybody with XX chromosomes. And free abortions too, since this applies to "Plan B" type day-after pills which cause early chemical miscarriage.
Lovely, eh?
Plus, there's this #18 (Really, give it a click.)(Possibly of special interest to you.)