Contraception is a lifestyle choice? But Viagra is for a "medical condition"?

[Cecilie1200]

Viagra Is For A Medical Condition, Birth Control Is A "Lifestyle Choice"

Can this distinction really be made with a straight face? Why?

And marijuana is for medical use. Yes in some cases, but not the majority of the demand.

Same with some of these hormone prescriptions.
In some cases, yes, these are only for medical conditions and treatments.
But the majority of usage is optional and not medically required.

NOTE: If you don't want to have to explain or provide information on any of this,
then DON'T USE GOVERNMENT FOR HEALTH CARE POLICIES AND PAYMENTS.

KEEP IT PRIVATE AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN YOUR USAGE TO ANYONE.

this tells me it's long overdue we need to separate policies and funding by party.
so if party members want to pay for these things without a hassle, they have
a centralized system for all members to pay into to cover whatever they want.

that's a lot simpler than fighting prolife advocate on any public funding or
authority that touches any policy on abortion, sex, gay marriage, etc.

Can't say you don't have a point. Working with health insurance like I do, I'm utterly appalled by the "lazy, helpless victim" mentality so many of our patients have. They're outraged by the very IDEA that they should be expected to put forth any effort in managing their own health and prescriptions, and not a day goes by that I don't hear at least one rant about how "It's just wrong that I should be forced to pay this much for my medication. Don't they understand that it's IMPORTANT?" and "So basically, the insurance company is telling me that I can't take this medication? This is America; it's just WRONG for someone other than my doctor to make that decision". And it's often from the same person! I have to restrain myself from saying, "Well, make up your mind. Either your medication is important, or getting someone else to pay for it is. If you don't want to pay for it yourself, don't bitch that that third person gets to say whether or not HE will pay for it."

 

[Noomi]

If you have that kind of attitude, you shouldn't be working with health insurance.

 

[Cecilie1200]

If you have that kind of attitude, you shouldn't be working with health insurance.

It's not an "attitude", dimwit. It's called "being observant". I'm not actually required to ignore the fact that vast numbers of human beings are almost as stupid and worthless as you are in order to work with them.