Will they be as reliable as covid vaccines?
Posted on 10/25/2024 7:53:22 PM PDT by Morgana
CV NEWS FEED // The Biden administration on October 21 proposed making over-the-counter contraception free for everyone who has commercial health insurance.
According to an article in Roll Call, President Joe Biden stated, “Today, my Administration is taking a major step to expand contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. This new action would help ensure that millions of women with private health insurance can access the no-cost contraception they need.”
The article explains that the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor and Treasury jointly proposed the rule, which would “require insurance plans to cover OTC contraceptives at no cost and without a prescription for individuals with commercial insurance plans.”
The article continues, “Health plans would also be required to tell beneficiaries about the policy and would expand their required coverage of preventive services for prescribed contraceptives without cost sharing.”
Vice President Kamala Harris stated that the proposal “includes coverage for no-cost over-the-counter contraception without a prescription for the first time in our nation’s history.”
According to news agency Sojourner, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) told the outlet that they were waiting for an official text to comment on the proposed rule, but that the Catholic Church’s position against contraception has not changed.
The proposed rule comes months after contraceptive pills became available over-the-counter for the first time. The FDA approved of Opill in July 2023, and it became available in March 2024.
Bishop Robert Barron, the chairman of the USCCB Committee for Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth, condemned the FDA’s approval of the pill in a July 2023 statement on the USCCB’s website. He stated that the approval “flies in the face” of responsible healthcare as well as concern for women’s health.
“Claims that the benefits of this action outweigh the risks are unfounded, especially in light of strong evidence of the many harmful risks of hormonal contraception to women’s health,” the Bishop said.
Bishop Barron added, “Allowing this hormonal contraception to be dispensed ‘over the counter’ — without the supervision of a doctor and contrary to the mounting evidence of many harmful side effects — violates the Hippocratic Oath by putting the health of women at grave risk.”
Sandra Fluke and Rush Limbaugh.
If the government can pay for the girls birth control pills then they should pay for the guys beer, gas, and juke box money that gives the girls reason to need that birth control, level the playing field.
Lots of horny folks out there...
I’d be for this if they tied it to welfare reform.
Most health departments already provide it for free. Have for decades. The pill, condoms ect.
Including name brand? I thought it was only generic
Yup
I remember
He’s not even resident anymore!
If govt pays for wimmins birth control
They can also pay for the baby when she doesn’t taoe it or screws up with it, or says she did but wasn’t because she wanted a kid when he didn’t
All male taxpayers pay for it anyways but at least then specific men wouldn’t become indentured servants facing jail time by unconstitutional “family” courts
I’m holding out for free mortgages.
From: Retain Mike Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 2:35 PM To: Lars Larson Subject: Recreational Drugs
Sandra Fluke made such a compelling argument! I checked Amazon and a month of birth control pills costs about $10, stopping for a drink three times a week at Starbucks costs about $60 per month, and the annual cost of attendance at Georgetown University Law School is $94,000. Do I really need to explain how proportionality should impact logical thinking?
This issue should be the province of Student Affairs because it is most closely related to intramural sports and not to healthcare.
Sandra Fluke Finally Testifies Before Congress
https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/sandra-fluke-finally-testifies-before-congress
Pelosi: Fluke’s $3,000 Contraception Testimony 'Factual'--Despite $9-Per-Month Birth Control Pills
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/pelosi-fluke-s-3000-contraception-testimony-factual-despite-9-month-birth-control-pills
Tuition & Cost of Attendance
https://www.law.georgetown.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/tuition-cost-of-attendance/
Most private health insurance plans cover generic meds at low or no cost, but name brands cost $30-40. Expecting the govt to provide name brand BCPs is hubris.
so mika was crying hes killing women and our right to have babies.......so we can abort them
I would take it if it meant less abortion and saving hundreds-of-billions annually on kids that people can’t afford.
Anyone on welfare should be sterilized.
From what I see many women must think birth control is much more difficult to use than it is to have an abortion.
Biden administration proposes free over-the-counter birth control for everyone with insurance.
Wait a minute first they bitch that the U.S. birth rate is so low they have to import illegals to increase it for the sake of the economy.
The fog has a odor to it.
The Democrats party platform is SEX.
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