Comments on: White House Announces New Guidelines For Women’s Health Care

By: Paul Clark

Paul Clark — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:28:37 +0000

Interesting article. Conversely I’m not convinced that I agree with many of the viewpoints expressed.

By: BarbieDoll

BarbieDoll — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:17:43 +0000

WHO will be paying for these FREE services? WHY does my insurance company say this is bogus and no one is receiving a FREE yearly physical?

By: Cris

Cris — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:23:28 +0000

The best way to cut costs accumulated with the use of contraception is to use Natural Family Planning. It’s accuracy is rated the same as birth control, is FREE, and leaves no harmful and unnatural effects on the woman’s body. If these government officials really cared about the rights and health of women they would incorporate this. All that they are concerned with is getting the votes and money from special interest groups like Planned Parenthood who literally make billions off of the Pill.

By: MayBee

MayBee — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:52:26 +0000

Did they object that men’s viagra, was covered by insurance while women’s birth control wasn’t? Which medicine affects health and future well-being more?
Honestly, if you can’t see that a poor or any married woman’s health isn’t affected by pregnancy after pregnancy, you aren’t looking at the problem realistically.
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Lydia, as far as I know there was no Federal mandate the every US citizen had to pay for coverage for Viagra.
If there was an insurance company that did that, it was entirely within its customer’s powers to demand they cover birth control.
However, covering birth control with no copay is very expensive. It could be that it was actually cheaper to buy birth control than to pay the premiums for the coverage.
In any case, the option was there to buy or not buy that insurance, or to try to encourage your insurance provider to provide the coverage.
What the government is doing right now is issuing mandates about what has to be covered “for free” by insurance companies. Which means there is not a man, woman, or child in the US who will not have to pay higher premiums due to undisciplined federal coverage mandates. You won’t be able to buy less expensive insurance that leaves off some of the things you don’t feel you need.
And yes, pregnancy affects women. As does AIDs. As does cancer. As does bipolar disorder. Why not insist those things are covered with no co-pay, no deductible?
Do you think there is any limit to what the Federal Government can compel us to pay for when it comes to health insurance? It’s all important. It’s all about better health, right?

By: Lydia

Lydia — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:09:42 +0000

Migraine, I don’t know of anyone who goes to the doctor because they don’t have a co-pay, except the rare hypocondriac.
It is an unpleasant experience to go to the doctor. To be in a waiting room with sick people, usually having to wait a long time past your appointment designated time, being poked and prodded, etc. is something people want to avoid, unless they are sick.
It is not going to the doctor that kills people. A delay in the presence of stroke, heart attack, many infections, including pneumonia, kills 45,000 uninsured Americans every year.

By: Lydia

Lydia — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:48:39 +0000

I am amazed but not surprised that the far-right comments here express an inequality for women getting birth control and men not getting free condoms.
Did they object that men’s viagra, was covered by insurance while women’s birth control wasn’t? Which medicine affects health and future well-being more?
Honestly, if you can’t see that a poor or any married woman’s health isn’t affected by pregnancy after pregnancy, you aren’t looking at the problem realistically.

By: MayBee

MayBee — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:58:37 +0000

Condoms are perhaps more important as a preventative health measure than the pill, no?

By: migraine

migraine — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:45:25 +0000

One reason health care is so high is that it’s full cost is not realized by the consumer. A $20/$30 copay barely covers anything and the consumer acts like it’s free. And now it is free.

By: Nephron

Nephron — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:44:23 +0000

Virtually every medical service has a copay.It isn’t to generate revenue,it is to restrict needless overutilization of services.Even a $10 copay has been noted to reduce inappropriate visits.This also is sexist-where is the HIV testing for men,the free condoms,the well-men medical evaluations?Why should women get the exclusive right to preventive care?

By: Tern

Tern — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:43:52 +0000

Oh those darn women, why are they always so much trouble! As if they need ‘preventative’ care – men don’t need preventative care – they take care of themselves!