Posted on 09/30/2012 7:57:18 AM PDT by Evil Slayer
If anything as embarrassing as what follows occurred at a Republican presidential contender's website, including the follow-up ridicule by the opposition, the press would never be able to resist covering it.
A mythical (I hope) ecard created at the Obama-Biden campaign site call purports to be from a daughter to her mother, and asks about the most ridiculous question you can imagine.
I have no idea how the Obama campaign came up with $18,000.
As I noted over six months ago in March, $9, 28-day supplies of birth control pills can be had at Target (which now appears to be down to $4), Walmart, and in the Midwest, Kroger (Kroger link no longer works).
Howard Portnoy at Hot Air's Green Room notes that it would take 166 years to burn through that $18,000 at $9 a month -- so I'll quibble and note that there are 13 four-week periods in a year, and that it would take 154 years to burn through that 18 grand at $117 per year.
Some snide answers to the daughter's plea for $18,000 can be found here (HT Ed Driscoll at Instpundit).
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How many abortions does this $18,000 count.
They’ll be wanting us to pay for boob jobs. I hear that is what girls are wanting instead of a car, to graduate school.
Maybe it’d be cheaper just to have the baby.
It will once the government starts handing it out.
If she runs out of pills she can just use her leftist personality for birth control.
Obama Campaign: Birth Control Costs $18,000
That includes $17,800 for a car to get back and forth to Wal-Mart to pick up the condoms.
I don’t know how much that shotgun cost that my high school girlfriend’s Dad had, but it sure wasn’t no $18000. Boy, he’d fire that thing off after I brought her home. I bought him a box of blanks for his birthday. He sent me a shot up target. A shotgun barrel pointed at your pickup sure puts a damper on romance.
Honestly, the thing that pisses me off about this birth control issue is that birth control pill are used for more purposes than birth control. Not to be gross, but women who have very heavy and inconsistant periods are prescribed birth control pills to lessen the heavyness and make them regular.
We can’t pay for birth control but we can pay for boner pills - I don’t see the difference.
Insurance companies should be able to decide which to provide and then reap the benefits or suffer the consequences by way of customers choosing them or someone else.
Assume condom = $1.00
Assume 2 encounters per day.
Assume 365 days per year.
That's $730 per year.
Assume 25 year span.
That's about $18k isn't it?
“Boner pills” also serve another purpose. Where does a nudist hang his cap when he combs his hair?
According to My insurance company, the newer birth control pills with no generic available are the highest cost and usually are not covered under their formulary. The out of pocket average for those is around $200/month or $2400/year.
There are many types and variations, but none will cost $18,000...total BS.
According to My insurance company, the newer birth control pills with no generic available are the highest cost and usually are not covered under their formulary. The out of pocket average for those is around $200/month or $2400/year.
There are many types and variations, but none will cost $18,000...total BS.
According to My insurance company, the newer birth control pills with no generic available are the highest cost and usually are not covered under their formulary. The out of pocket average for those is around $200/month or $2400/year.
There are many types and variations, but none will cost $18,000...total BS.
A boner pill is supposed to restore a subnormal sexual function (return it to normal), whereas a contraceptive pill damages sexual function and makes sexual response subnormal.
In other words, it's the difference between favoring health, impairing health.
To be specific, “Side effects are very common with progestins. These can include increased appetite, weight gain, fluid retention, irritability, depression, headaches, decreased energy, acne, and decreased sexual interest." (How's that for sexy?!)
"Even more serious, progestins have been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and clots."
(From Virginia Hopkins medical site on Yaz side effects.)
This does not exclude the possibility that an OC may have a secondary use in the management/treatment of PCOS or dysmennorhea. But in these cases, it's not being used as a contraceptive, but as a legitimate medicine tailored to treat (not cause) individual gynecological conditions.
I’m thinking the $18K refers to what it would cost for a prenancy/birth and not the cost of birth control?
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