The birth control meme, brought about some interesting discussion. I believe there are a couple pertinent points that need to be made. The first is on the subject of rights. If one wants to assert and preserve their individual rights, its important not to rely on other people to allow you to practice those rights. Lets imagine that those trying to preserve Second Amendment rights decide that they should make a third-party pay for their guns and ammunition, because it is a right after all and perhaps they cant afford to buy their own guns. In order to make that third-party pay for their guns, theyd need to get the government involved. When it came to the type of gun, the type of bullets, the qualifications for getting said gun and bullets, etc... the individual would be deferring their right to chose. The long term consequences of putting something like this in place nationwide are obvious. The second aspect involves a specious comparison to health insurance plans paying for Viagra or the like. As one comment accurately noted, those things are to treat a body not working properly. Getting pregnant is an affirmation that the body is doing exactly what it was supposed to do. It is an invalid comparison. This is not to say I defend health insurance plans paying for Viagra, nor do I think a health insurance plan shouldnt be allowed to cover birth control. Personally though, I think it would be wisest for health insurance to cover only things that are required for the individual to be healthy, and by that I mean treating things that would shorten lifespan, cause discomfort, etc... In either case, if these things did not require a prescription, they could be even cheaper and more readily available, making the demand that health insurance cover them far less relevant. This entire debate though, is overshadowed by how things should be vs. how they actually are. In a perfect world, the individual would choose what health insurance, if any they want, and in doing so choose a plan that provides what they want. The employer would chose what health insurance plans, if any, they wanted to provide. The government? Theyd mind their own damn business (as defined under article 1, section 8 of the Constitution). Some people might counter that we had that before Obamacare, but that is far from the reality of the government muddled system weve been under for a long time. The more middle men, the more legislation, the more paperwork, the more bureaucracy, the more expensive and less available care will be. Its easy enough to argue that the best approach is more freedom, not demanding something from other people - Philip
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:59:04 +0000
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