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Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that U.S. employers can refuse to provide their employees with insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act because of the eloyer’s religious or moral objection. This decision potentially deprives over 126,000 people of the option to get their birth control method of choice through their employer-provided health insurance coverage. If you’re one of the people affected by this decision, you’re probably wondering how you can avoid paying exorbitant out-of-pocket fees for your birth control method of choice, and/or how you’re going to renew your prescription without the aid of your doctor’s office.
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Well, it happened: The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that U.S. employers can refuse to provide their employees with insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act because of the employer’s religious or moral objection. This decision...
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A public service announcement for normal people, A kick in the balls to religious and political nutjobs.
Where can you get them? You just made it emphatically clear that the pill is easy to get and not that expensive. The only nutballs are the ones who insist that other people pay for their birth control or they can't stop spitting out puppies.
In order to get the prescription, you need a Doctor's appointment, a breast exam, a pelvic exam, and a Pap smear (cancer test). So while the actual Pills don't cost a whole lot, you have to add in the costs of getting the prescription to the price which is much more than the price of the Pills. Your employer based health insurance pays for none of this.
The average cost for women is $600 per year. If you're a low wage worker, or a student, you really don't have an extra $600 to spare. Especially since $10,000 of your income is tied up in health care insurance that doesn't give you what you need.
The primary reason WHY women in their 20's and 30's need health care insurance is reproductive health. Added to which there are a LOT of reasons for taking the Pill that have nothing to do with preventing pregnancy, which are also not covered.