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Friday, August 12, 2011

Another Reason to Hate Obamacare

This is just unbelievable. From the Weekly Standard,  "Obamacare Mandates (Free) Coverage of Abortion Drug":
"In addition to morning-after pills and the pill, Sebelius’s pronouncement covers other territory. She has decided that everyone will now be on the hook for sharing the costs accrued by those who rent breastfeeding equipment, who undergo 'sterilization procedures,' or who receive 'comprehensive lactation support and counseling' — all of which will soon be required to be free at the point of service.
So, under Sebelius’s decree, anyone with cancer, a heart ailment, or a major injury will have to pay copays and deductibles, but anyone who wants to go on the pill or rent breastfeeding equipment won’t incur any personal cost — and nobody will be free to decide otherwise. In other words, certain forms of voluntary or elective care (the type of care that a lot of health insurance might well be expected not to cover at all, and once didn’t) will now be granted a status more favorable than is accorded serious medical conditions. Sebelius has turned things on their head — and imposed that inversion across the land. This is what politicized medicine looks like.
In all, Sebelius’s decree will prevent Americans from freely deciding what they want their own health policies to cover. It will force them to pay for other people’s care — even if they find that care to be morally objectionable. It will force those who have religious or moral objections to contraception to pay for contraception — including long-term contraception that many people now assume they can’t afford. And it will force even the most ardent pro-lifer to pay for abortion pills.
Sebelius cavalierly describes the policy she’s imposing nationally as a no-brainer, declaring, 'Not doing it would be like not covering flu shots.'"

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