HHS to make birth control free for all women
The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was expected Monday to announce new guidelines that would require health insurance companies to cover women's health care services, including birth control and and breast exams, without a co-pays or deductibles.
The new rules, made possible by President Obama's Affordable Care act, would begin Aug. 1, 2012.
"We know that half of women, according to studies, forego or delay preventive care because they can't afford it and under the affordable care act that all changes," White House advisor Stephanie Cutter told ABC News.
Services covered will include well-woman exams, screening for gestational diabetes, breastfeeding support, domestic violence screenings, and all FDA-approved birth control methods -- including emergency contraception like the morning-after pill.
In July, an Institute of Medicine report recommended making contraceptives free to all women.
That report came under immediate fire from conservatives like Fox News' Bill O'Reilly.
"Many women who get pregnant are blasted out of their minds when they have sex, and they're not going to use birth control anyway," O'Reilly said last month.
Will they now be setting pharmacies ablaze?
Obama makes.
Republicans are liars and simply cannot be trusted.
I'd have asked about retroactive birth control, but I think I've tracked down most of those possibilities, at least the ones that might still be minors... ;)
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
by various evil and immoral means, theres very few that don't...
Starvation of rival's clans (to the power elite), engineered shortages to produce famines in 'enemy' districts, outright civil war or death squads, economic bad practices, corruption, foreign aggression, domestic aggression.
"Many women who get pregnant are blasted out of their minds when they have sex, and they're not going to use birth control anyway,"
The only chuckle-heads blasted out of their minds are Bill O' and Boehner.
that's called rape when someone is blasted out of their mind. nice bill.
We all remember that court case (and out of court settlement), Faux and BillO paid dearly to sweep that little embarrassment under the carpet, but the opera of the court case is one for the history books and video vaults.
I think Bill is projecting.
that need to be blasted out of their minds and it's not the case for most of the population.
O'really as well...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
and was photographed/videoed wandering in his front garden wearing just briefs in broad daylight.
Talk about people of Walmart !?
I consider most clothing optional when wandering around in my garden ;)
think of the children !?
..would be as inexplicable as the tides!
loofah goes in loofah goes out...
THATS WHERE HE GOT THE TIDES METAPHOR FROM !
great minds think alike, Falmouth. I posted something similar before I read what you posted.
how are ya?
what about the responsibility of the rapist to use a condom? Is getting women blasted out of their minds how you go about getting a bit of sumpin sumpin? I wonder why you would think that, unless that's been your experience
me-oww!
Billo probably has some experience with blasted out of their minds women; they're the only ones desperate enough to have sex with him.
I have this strange feeling that one day the closet door will open for him. Prob when hes sadly departed, or senile and in some rest home drooling while watching daytime Faux. (oh wait thats now at Faux NYC :)
After all those that complain the most usually have the most to hide.
I'm sure in the case of women willing to go to bed with O'Reilly, that is a completely true statement.
That's great news!
Now we know how O'Reilly gets laid.
Hopefully humanity will one day learn to be humane.
To be fair, he also hits on his employees. Now if he can get those employees blasted ... Schwing!
sad attempt at dirty sexy talk, which forever link his name to loofahs and falafel. I'm tellin' ya, if I'd gotten blasted out of my mind and woke up next to that guy, I'd falafel. Real awful.
me-oww!
"fantasy".
I wonder how often this guy is drug tested for compliance with his murdoch-supplied (I'm guessing) insurance?
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Faux pays well to keep their little scandals quiet and under the MSM radar.
Is five million enough to wipe the shame and memories from a lifetime !?
Prob not.
"I'd falafel" the bed onto my ass.
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
Would not be surprised, always expect the worst from a Fauxite.
After all they had Brian 'Two fingers' waffling on about greasing up with Vaseline and inserting then in somebody anus one happy morning, made the other morning show people gape open mouth in disbelief at his utterences.
Video is on Youtube if you are curious.
What about the mens?
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
DIY vasectomies are up and coming...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
What a population of 7 billion people means for the planet
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/ju...
I've read elsewhere that that rate of unintended pregnancies - 2 out of 5 - applies to the US as well.
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
(jobs being sent overseas), gotta wonder if the "replacement" figures here are woefully out-of-date?
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
to do population control/reduction...
. . . will make "birth control free for all women."
No. It won't.
All this proposal would do (at best) is require insurance companies to provide it. That's it; that's all. It does nothing at all for uninsured women, and it sure as heck doesn't make it free.
All the carriers have to do is raise their rates by the amount it costs them plus the additional 15-20% profit allowed by "President Obama's" Affordable Care Act.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
Here's a quote from the ABC news story that wasn't mentioned....
"As for who is picking up the extra cost, White House advisors say they don't believe the changes will impact premiums -- but ultimately, that decision will be made by insurance companies."
The whole reason the health insurance debacle turned out as it did, was because the health insurance lobbyists structured the legislation to make it appear </em> that it would be beneficial for Americans. But, even though many more people may become eligible to get health insurance coverage, there is no guarantee that they will be able to Afford item>.
Not too worry, though, the corpora-fascists who run the insurance companies will get bigger bonuses while we still get screwed.....literally.
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
I read it, and the devil is in the details. One things for sure, the insurance companys will be crying all the way to the bank.
...would have to be "blasted out of [her] mind."
o'LIEly is probably just offering his opinion based on his own experiences....i'm sure he would have to ply ANYONE with liquor to get them to have sex...that or ruffies.....
they will carry it over to some of the men here that keep saying, "We're fucked!" They seem to be whining the most about what Obama has to do to get things done.
What is it that he has "had to do" that wasn't one of his own stated objectives?
Corruption favors the wealthy.
I forgot, you're one of those guys.
Oh well, it's not your fault - there's not much, if anything, there. But you might want to move on to defending these policies on their merits instead of making excuses for them.
After this latest round of theatre, it's pretty clear Obama is getting what he wants.
Although I suppose those record corporate profits and banker bonuses could be bigger . . . .
Corruption favors the wealthy.
other guys. But I never knew which one.
http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/wp-content/upload...
Free for All Women Who Have Insurance. Big difference, even with HC reform there's going to be tens of millions uncovered.
but that doesn't stop me from taking my cholesterol medication every day. Billy does realize you can use pre-sex contraception, right?
And, what does one have to do with the other? It would seem if so many are NOT using it, that's good news for the insurance providers. Shouldn't be a big deal, then.
What a total ass clown.
I've seen some stuff, man. And some thangs...
The insurance companies will figure a way to weasel out, because every provision in this travesty has a back door loop hole that lets the insurance companies slide (they'll most likely figure out a way to claim fraud ot someother pretense). In any event, the GOPers along with their allegedly democratic allies, will find a way to kill it, and Obama will pre-emptively capitualte in order to appease those sociopaths.
"Many women who get pregnant are blasted out of their minds when they have sex, and they're not going to use birth control anyway," sorry but I had to laugh when I read this one Gawd , what an idiot !
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
It's not like the sober women are lining up to date this guy.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
that his M.O. is to get a woman drunk to have sex with her. He told Mackris he wanted to get two glasses of wine "into her" intravenously as foreplay. See #78 here
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/oreilly-fal...
So apparently drunk women are the only ones who will do him and that colors his opinions.
Pig.
spinning round and round about this. Makes an amusing thought.
The "abstinence only" peeps are gonna freak-out! It's kinda like throwing a keg-party in the Middle East during the month of Ramadan. :P
Study the symptoms not the virus...
So now that we have this new law how do women use it?
Do women just go to walgreens and say I need this or that and hand over their insurance card or do women need a doctors prescription?
Yes, women and girls will need a doctor's prescription for medications that require prescriptions in order to be dispensed. They will also need to have health insurance.
Uninsured women and girls will still need to depend on free clinics, sliding-scale community clinics, and organizations such as Planned Parenthood.
Even if this only covers insured women it is a plus. Birth control isn't cheap. Just because you have insurance doesn't mean you can pay for health care. Sometimes it is just a cushion against the worst case calamity. Would you all rather we just keep the status quo or in a Bachmann administration have no access to birth control at all? You better believe that those sanctimonious Pro-Lifers believe the pill and all other "artificial" forms of contraception are the devil's work and a sin. That is what the Catholic Church thinks. Our hospital won't even allow contraceptive procedures designed to alleviate painful intestinal illnesses intensified by the monthly cycle.
We go on and on about false equivalence on the part of the media and then we use it to bash the assuredly imperfect Democrats and President. (I'm sorry he disappointed you, but if you paid attention he was always right of center and anyone who got caught up in the Republican "he's so liberal" hype didn't see it.) They still are better than those Tea Party zealots and you need to look no further than Wisconsin and Kansas to see what havoc a Republican White House/House of Representatives/ Senate would further do to cripple this country.
Those that didn't realize Obama was a conservative were foolish to vote for him the first time . . . but they should still go out and vote for him next time around.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
cue Maxwell Smart.
Funny how Obama fooled the Entire World and the idiots on the Nobel Peace Prize committee, as well as voters in the U.S. Besides, once he secured the nomination we had no one else to vote for.
But I love that - keep using it.
A satirical move on the the part of the Nobel committee many suspected.
Don't be stupid. The base gets fucked on economic policies, healthcare, etc etc etc etc but we get thrown this meaningless bone and you're thankful for it.
Is this the bone to make the progressives feel good about being taken for granted AGAIN, and sold down the river YET AGAIN?
Yeah, this is nice, but a leader that FIGHTS for his intended base's issues would be really freaking damn good right about now.
Putting a band-aid on the bone deep lacerations of the 'debt sellout' isn't going to stem the bleeding of voters that won't vote for him next time...
The problem with American politics right now is Republican extremism, and if you’re not willing to say that, you’re helping make that problem worse.
I can see t-shirts already: 'I got fucked over the debt ceiling bill by my president and all I got was birth control'?
The problem with American politics right now is Republican extremism, and if you’re not willing to say that, you’re helping make that problem worse.
;)
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
before Obama bargains it away?
3, 2, 1....
All women are just drunken sluts anyway. Why offer those undeserving whores a choice?
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