oh I agree with you on the big picture. I'm just saying that the "my money is paying for this" argument may not be valid either if reflecting the true cost of the decision would lead to the insurance costing more.
I personally feel like prescriptions should either be covered, or not. On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ya it's not actually clear to me that a health insurance policy that >> covers pregnancy but not contraception would be cheaper. It might not >> be. >> > > The insurance question is totally eclipsed by the cost of poverty to our > society as a whole. The cost for a lifetime of contraception is WAY less > than the cost to society that the cycle of poverty inflicts on this country. > > Anyone seen Freakonomics? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalized_abortion_and_crime_effect > > You can be totally against abortion, and the principles of this study would > still apply to contraception (assuming you buy it). > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348113 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
