Planned Parenthood Begins Campaign To Ensure That Obamacare Covers Birth Control
Now, I don’t have anything against contraception, but this does illustrate exactly why Obamacare is such odious policy. Because what you have to pay for in terms of health insurance coverage is no longer between you and your insurance company. It’s now between you, your insurance company and a bunch of politicians acting at the behest of monied, powerful special interests like Planned Parenthood.
Beginning Sept. 23, six months after the reform law passed, many health insurance plans will be required to provide free preventive services coverage, with no co-pays or out-of-pocket costs. During the reform debate, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) added an amendment that specified guaranteed “additional preventive care and screenings” specific to women’s health would also receive coverage.
What remains to be determined is what will make the “preventive services” list. For women’s health specifically, the Health Resources and Services Administration has been tasked with drawing up “comprehensive guidelines” on services to be included.
With little fanfare, Planned Parenthood has begun laying the groundwork for a birth control campaign that will ramp up in coming months. On The Pill Is Personal, a website launched in May to celebrate the pill’s 50th anniversary, the group is soliciting stories from birth control users. “In the coming weeks,” the site tells visitors, “federal officials will consider measures that will dramatically increase access. Share your story or comments about how the pill changed your life and how it can change others.”
The women’s stories may soon be used to lobby federal agencies on birth control’s importance.
“This needs to be based on science and medical evidence, but … it is also really important to hear the stories of how women view birth control, the health impact and the affordability issue,” Rubiner said.
Now, again, I’ve got nothing against contraceptives. But why should those with a moral objection to their use be forced to pay for their use?
This is the problem with one-size-fits-all health policy. It erases choice. It erases freedom. Which is a funny thing for a group like Planned Parenthood, which describes itself as being pro-choice.
Groups like Planned Parenthood aren’t really pro-choice. They’re actually in favor of making choices for you. And this example illustrates that perfectly.
Obamacare didn’t just make your health care more expensive. It made you less free as well.
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