Why on earth are we having this ridiculous, partisan, political, mud-slinging fight over something that costs $0.00?
Why are we allowing the rightwing religious zealots to accuse us of infringing on their religious liberties when it will cost them ZERO DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS to provide insurance coverage that includes contraception?
Why are our political "leaders" on the left and our media not telling the public the truth about this?
The Cost of Covering Contraceptives through Health Insurance ~ February 2012
"Evidence from well-documented prior expansions of contraceptive coverage indicates that the cost to issuers of including coverage for all FDA-approved contraceptive methods in insurance offered to an employed population is zero."
"In 1999, Congress required the health plans in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program to cover the full range of FDA-approved contraceptive methods. The FEHB program is the largest employer-sponsored health benefits program in the United States, and at the time, it covered approximately 9 million Federal Employees, retirees and their family members and included approximately 300 health plans. The premiums for 1999 had already been set when the legislation passed, so the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which administers the FEHB program, provided for a reconciliation process. However, there was no need to adjust premium levels because there was no cost increase as a result of providing coverage of contraceptive services."
No cost increase. None. Nothing. Zero. $0.00. Zilch. Nada.
So how about we start telling these schmucks like Eric Cantor, when he compares women's health care to pork products; and human stains like Rush Limbaugh, who thinks using hormonal contraceptives makes you a slut and a prostitute; and Stockholm Syndrome-sufferers like Kimberley Strassel who thinks it's the same to deny coverage for reproductive health care as it would be to deny a dental implant over a crown, to shut their idiotic pie holes because it actually costs NOTHING to include it.
Please help spread the truth!
You can also read my full post on this critical issue at Reelect Democrats — Contraceptive Debate: Let's Talk About How Much Women Are Being Gouged
Thanks!