frazzledgear
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If one wanted to be consistent in this argument, men should be not able to get Viagra on health insurance either as that serves no purpose except to wake up his biggest little friend so he can feel young again, or maybe just feel like a man again. For those of us men who remain forever young, why should we pay for a bunch of impotent men, most of whom are probably.....
Contraceptives for women do lots of good, viagra for men just wastes energy in old farts whose days of glory have passed. Sorry Charlie.
"A sizeable literature corroborates the multiple health benefits of oral contraceptive use. The first estrogen/progestin combination pills were marketed to treat a variety of menstrual disorders. Although currently used oral contraceptives no longer carry FDA-approved labeling for these indications, they remain important therapeutic options for a variety of gynecologic conditions. Well-established gynecologic benefits include a reduction in dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia, iron-deficiency anemia, ectopic pregnancy, and PID. Although older, higher-dose pills reduced the incidence of ovarian cysts, low-dose pills suppress follicular activity less consistently. Nevertheless, cycle-related symptoms, including functional cysts, dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, and ovulation pain (mittelschmerz), generally improve. Women with polycystic ovary syndrome note improvement in bleeding patterns and a reduction in acne and hirsutism. Symptoms from endometriosis also improve with oral contraceptive therapy. Current data suggest that oral contraceptive therapy increases bone density and that past use decreases fracture risk. Oral contraceptives also improve acne, a major health concern of young women. Oral contraceptives provide lasting reduction in the risk of two serious gynecologic malignancies--ovarian and endometrial cancer. The data with respect to ovarian cancer are compelling enough to recommend the use of oral contraceptives to women at high risk by virtue of family history, positive carrier status of the BRCA mutations, or nulliparity, even if contraception is not required. Health care providers must counsel women regarding these benefits to counteract deeply held public attitudes and misconceptions regarding oral contraceptive use. Messages should focus on topics of interest to particular groups of women. The fact that oral contraceptives increase bone mineral density and reduce ovarian cancer is of great interest to women in their forties and helps influence use and compliance in this group. In contrast, the beneficial effects of oral contraceptives on acne resonates with younger women. Getting the good news out about the benefits of oral contraceptives will enable more women to take advantage of their positive health effects." Health benefits of oral contrac... [Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2000] - PubMed - NCBI
Weighing the Health Benefits of Birth Control - NYTimes.com
"Hormonal contraceptive methods use manufactured estrogen and progestin in different combinations and deliver them in a variety of ways — through pills, shots, skin patches, implants, IUDs and vaginal rings. Studies have shown that all those methods reduce the risk of ovarian and endometrial cancer. Some may also help protect against osteoporosis."
The old Viagra argument is FALSE. The point of medical treatment is to return the individual to as near normal as possible. Whether you believe it or not, failing body systems are NOT normal and just because it happens to involve someone's sexual function doesn't suddenly make it ok to deny medical treatment. Men become unable to have or maintain an erection for all sorts of reasons including illness, chronic disease and as a side effect of other medications. There is actually NO justification for denying a man medical treatment to restore normal or near normal function of a body function -especially given the fact a sex life is actually a very significant part of an adult's life.
Not everything that has to do with the reproductive system is equal though -and the argument that if Viagra is covered, so must birth control pills is THE phoniest one going. Viagra allows men to be able to HAVE sex. That isn't true of birth control pills. Birth control pills actually cause the impairment of a normal body function -and medical treatment is NOT about causing IMPAIRMENT.
And PULLEEZE -enough of dragging out the medical reasons that birth control pills are sometimes prescribed for something other than contraceptive. An entirely specious argument. Everyone knows we are talking about their use as a CONTRACEPTIVE and NOT as a medication, ok? So your little list of other problems is irrelevant. Even the self insured plans of the Catholic Church will cover birth control pills when prescribed as medication to treat specific conditions -and has for at least 20 years if not longer so that has nothing to do with this. The reason birth control pills are covered when used as a medication to treat actual medical conditions is because they are never prescribed indefinitely but for a set period of time only -usually just one month. After which if the problem has not resolved other treatment is considered. UNLESS the woman wishes to continue with birth control pills as a contraceptive -then it will be continued and then it will be denied by the Catholic church and insurance plans that do not cover contraceptives. When used as a medication to treat a specific problem, they are NOT prescribed indefinitely. When they are it is because they are ALSO being used as contraceptives at that point. At which time insurance plans that do not cover contraceptives and the Catholic Church will no longer cover them. So one more phony argument -in an argument that is an entirely contrived, manufactured BULLSHIT issue deliberately created by Obama in the first place as George Stephanolopous proved. Probably so you wouldn't be discussing his abysmal economic record, huh.
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