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Originally Posted by Robbie
I agree...women should be able to get cheap birth control pills.
I don't agree that insurance companies should give them away for free...matter of fact i think that "insurance" should be what it was when I was younger...something you had in case you had a catastrophic illness or accident.
Not something you use everytime you get your birth control pills or some antibiotics for a sinus infection.
I think the govt. should butt out of people's personal lives....BUT if we are going to get more socialistic about health care in this country for the common good...then "insurance" (which is a total fucking scam that keeps all our medical costs and drugs higher than anywhere else in the world) should definitely cover birth control pills.
They are absolutely critical in maintaining a woman's hormone levels at a steady rate.
Last thing we want is a bunch of women who are unbalanced hormonally...it would be a living hell! lol
But seriously, it's 100% in women's best interests for their health.
As an added bonus, we all can get laid. heh-heh
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One of the major problems is that the government system allows for pharmaceutical companies to charge outrageous amounts for different medicines. Some of them are so expensive that the average person couldn't afford them without insurance.
An example. A friend of mine had to go on some kind of medicine that ended up costing $550 for a 30 days supply. With her insurance she paid a $10 co-pay. If she would have had to pay for it out of pocket it would have been pretty difficult for her to afford it month after month.
The whole system is rigged so that if you do have some kind of illness you almost have to carry a full insurance policy otherwise you will go bankrupt. It is crazy.
I see it first hand. I have asthma and since I am self employed I can't get insurance that will cover asthma related stuff. I pay for my medicine out of pocket. I take two different medications. The cheapest I can find one of them is $290 for a 30 day supply and the second one varies between $45 and $55 for about a 3 week supply depending on the brand. I can buy the exact same stuff online for a hell of a lot less. I pay $90 for a 60 days supply of the first medicine and $10 for the second. Exact same medicine. Same manufacturer. The only difference is that it comes from a country where the drug industry doesn't have the leadership in their back pocket and those leaders haven't sold out their citizens.