1546: God's Bananas

[DWarrior]

Originally Posted by Strawdog

On the birth control issue, insurance companies definitely shouldn't be legally required to cover a woman's birth control. While I understand that there's a small percentage of woman who use the implant/pill/injection for health reasons, they're an insignificant minority who shouldn't influence something that would raise premiums across the board.
And let's not forget that birth control is covered by insurance, just not the kind provided by some employers. If birth control is such a big deal for these women then they should pick an insurers who cover it, not campaign for these other insurers to change to save them some hassle or money while causing the cost to rise for others.

I don't really understand why something you use every day can be part of insurance (not including drugs, since getting that condition is the chance you're insuring against). That's why you don't have Food Insurance, or Rent Insurance.

If you're paying $X/day for a pill you take every day, there's nothing to insure against. So if you get insurance for it, that insurance will just cost you $X/day+processing.