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Bitch_PhD

Bitch_PhD

I'm lost
February 2007

NOV 19, 2007 12:55 PM





Remember this piece about birth control costs for college students going up because the Bush administration cut the funding that helps subsidize it?



Well, college students around the country, with the help of NARAL, organized petition drives on campus, and as a result of their work, there's a bill wending its way through Congress now--HR 4054, the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act--that does just what its title suggests: restores college and university access to low-cost birth control.

this fall, college women returned to campus to discover that the birth control that previously cost them $5-10 for a monthly supply now cost $40-50 per pack, making it far more difficult to afford. Due to a provision included in the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), as of January 1, 2007, every college and university health center and hundreds of safety-net providers were unintentionally cut off from accessing low-cost birth control and passing on the low price to college women and low-income women. The result has been an increase in the average price of birth control on college campuses, often to 10 times the previous cost.



Rep. Crowley's legislation, The Prevention Through Affordable Access Act, would bring down the soaring cost of birth control at college health clinics and safety-net providers and increase access to affordable birth control. This legislation will not cost the taxpayers a single dime, and would restore the voluntary benefit to college health clinics and safety-net providers. (My emphasis.)





Should be a no-brainer, but you can't count on that in a world where plenty of legislators think Plan B causes abortion (it doesn't) or that it's a-okay for pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions to women.



So take half a minute to click through and send a letter to your representative urging them to support HR 4054.



Bitch_PhD can't wait for a decent national health program that'll cover birth control for everyone.



Bonaparte

Bonaparte

Fort Worth, TX
September 2006

NOV 19, 2007 04:18 PM

hey! i just sent an e-mail to my rep. and then came on here and saw this. crazy stuff.

BigWobbles

BigWobbles

Philadelphia, PA
June 2004

NOV 19, 2007 04:31 PM

Shit I f you ask me everything going up not just BC .. I just spent 9 bucks on roast beef...thats FUcked up...

code_red

code_red

Portland, OR
July 2005

NOV 19, 2007 04:47 PM

I really hope this goes through. Once again, another great article.

FreakPirate

FreakPirate

Calgary, AB
November 2002

NOV 19, 2007 04:53 PM

BigWobbles said:
Shit I f you ask me everything going up not just BC .. I just spent 9 bucks on roast beef...thats FUcked up...



Yes... the two are really comparable. Dumbass.

scorp17yh

scorp17yh

Brookings, OR
November 2004

NOV 19, 2007 05:16 PM

" Due to a provision included in the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), as of January 1, 2007, every college and university health center and hundreds of safety-net providers were unintentionally cut off from accessing low-cost birth control "


I highly doubt this was unintentional

xazapdmytinu

xazapdmytinu

Fort Collins, CO
July 2007

NOV 19, 2007 05:18 PM

I'll do what I can, but Marilyn Musgrave is a stone cold bitch.

Haushinka

Haushinka

Lakewood, NJ
August 2005

NOV 19, 2007 05:29 PM

Thank god for Drug Reps and Sample Packs, it really pays to work in the healthcare industry!

Caprica

Caprica

SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

NOV 19, 2007 05:51 PM

Good thing I get my birth control free......

MrOuijaAK

MrOuijaAK

Anchorage, AK
September 2005

NOV 19, 2007 06:02 PM

It shouldn't be the government's responsibility to buy people birth control. Government subsidization only helps to elevate the already high prices for everyone.

Cairo

Cairo

SUICIDEGIRL

Maryland, USA

NOV 19, 2007 06:04 PM

MrOuijaAK said:
It shouldn't be the government's responsibility to buy people birth control. Government subsidization only helps to elevate the already high prices for everyone.



Well, that didn't take long.

FreakPirate

FreakPirate

Calgary, AB
November 2002

NOV 19, 2007 06:11 PM

Cairo said:

Well, that didn't take long.



Well heck, let's just get this all over with shall we?

Birth control is a privilege, not a right!!


Condoms are cheap! Use them!


If you don't want to get knocked up you should be responsible enough not to be fucking!


I PAY FULL PRICE FOR MY BC, THE REST OF YOU SHOULD HAVE TO BECAUSE I SAID SO!!



Did I miss any of the stupid shit that's going to come up?

MrOuijaAK

MrOuijaAK

Anchorage, AK
September 2005

NOV 19, 2007 06:14 PM

FreakPirate said:

Cairo said:

Well, that didn't take long.



Well heck, let's just get this all over with shall we?

Birth control is a privilege, not a right!!


Condoms are cheap! Use them!


If you don't want to get knocked up you should be responsible enough not to be fucking!


I PAY FULL PRICE FOR MY BC, THE REST OF YOU SHOULD HAVE TO BECAUSE I SAID SO!!



Did I miss any of the stupid shit that's going to come up?



How is it stupid that I don't want to pay for other people's shit?

FreakPirate

FreakPirate

Calgary, AB
November 2002

NOV 19, 2007 06:21 PM

MrOuijaAK said:

How is it stupid that I don't want to pay for other people's shit?



You probably didn't notice but I live in Canada. Right now other people are paying for my shit because my income is so low. Next year (thanks to a new job) my health care won't be subsidized and I'll be paying to subsidize someone else's. Know what, I'm just fucking peachy with it. The system isn't perfect but it's better than a country full of selfish assholes and people not getting the care they need.

MrStitches

MrStitches

Sag Harbor, NY
November 2003

NOV 19, 2007 06:23 PM

MrOuijaAK said:

FreakPirate said:

Cairo said:

Well, that didn't take long.



Well heck, let's just get this all over with shall we?

Birth control is a privilege, not a right!!


Condoms are cheap! Use them!


If you don't want to get knocked up you should be responsible enough not to be fucking!


I PAY FULL PRICE FOR MY BC, THE REST OF YOU SHOULD HAVE TO BECAUSE I SAID SO!!



Did I miss any of the stupid shit that's going to come up?



How is it stupid that I don't want to pay for other people's shit?



Because unwanted children a fuck ton more expensive than birth control subsidies? That being the most obvious answer that even a sign language gorilla could figure out.

Formus

Formus

Milwaukee, WI
May 2007

NOV 19, 2007 06:23 PM

MrOuijaAK said:
Government subsidization only helps to elevate the already high prices for everyone.



Yes, because cutting prices makes them go up, duh. I guess this is what happens when you take Freakanomics seriously.

Unless you mean the extra, like five cents you'd pay on your tax bill. In which case, POOR YOU. frown

ninetysevencents

ninetysevencents

Rochester, NY
August 2003

NOV 19, 2007 06:52 PM

FreakPirate said:

Cairo said:

Well, that didn't take long.



Well heck, let's just get this all over with shall we?

Birth control is a privilege, not a right!!


Condoms are cheap! Use them!


If you don't want to get knocked up you should be responsible enough not to be fucking!


I PAY FULL PRICE FOR MY BC, THE REST OF YOU SHOULD HAVE TO BECAUSE I SAID SO!!



Did I miss any of the stupid shit that's going to come up?



how about:

Making birth control affordable only promotes people to have more sex resulting in more unwanted pregnancies!

or

Only godless heathens use birth control and I shouldn't have to subsidize sin!


?

FreakPirate

FreakPirate

Calgary, AB
November 2002

NOV 19, 2007 06:56 PM

Ooh... thanks. I knew I was forgetting something.

Nixon

Nixon

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

NOV 19, 2007 07:02 PM

MrOuijaAK said:


How is it stupid that I don't want to pay for other people's shit?



A) You are not alone. You are part of a community. Get used to it.

B) would you prefer to help subsidize birth control for college students,obviously women trying to be a boon to society, or have those same women get pregnant and drop out, lowering their lifetime incomes permanently and raising the likelyhood that they end up on welfare, now with kids that need food, housing, an education and healthcare.

You're obviously a cheap bastard. Pick the cheaper option.

mamet

mamet

Charleston, SC
March 2005

NOV 19, 2007 07:02 PM

Formus said:

MrOuijaAK said:
Government subsidization only helps to elevate the already high prices for everyone.



Yes, because cutting prices makes them go up, duh. I guess this is what happens when you take Freakanomics seriously.

Unless you mean the extra, like five cents you'd pay on your tax bill. In which case, POOR YOU. frown



But it's his five cents, goddamnit! whatever

Formus

Formus

Milwaukee, WI
May 2007

NOV 19, 2007 07:09 PM

mamet said:

Formus said:

MrOuijaAK said:
Government subsidization only helps to elevate the already high prices for everyone.



Yes, because cutting prices makes them go up, duh. I guess this is what happens when you take Freakanomics seriously.

Unless you mean the extra, like five cents you'd pay on your tax bill. In which case, POOR YOU. frown



But it's his five cents, goddamnit! whatever



He should be able to use it how he pleases! By getting four M&Ms from those machines at the mall and then fucking himself with his ego!

MrOuijaAK

MrOuijaAK

Anchorage, AK
September 2005

NOV 19, 2007 07:12 PM

MrStitches said:

MrOuijaAK said:

FreakPirate said:

Cairo said:

Well, that didn't take long.



Well heck, let's just get this all over with shall we?

Birth control is a privilege, not a right!!


Condoms are cheap! Use them!


If you don't want to get knocked up you should be responsible enough not to be fucking!


I PAY FULL PRICE FOR MY BC, THE REST OF YOU SHOULD HAVE TO BECAUSE I SAID SO!!



Did I miss any of the stupid shit that's going to come up?



How is it stupid that I don't want to pay for other people's shit?



Because unwanted children a fuck ton more expensive than birth control subsidies? That being the most obvious answer that even a sign language gorilla could figure out.



We shouldn't be paying for unwanted children either. Charities, welfare, etc. etc. Most people in those situations choose to be in them. Barring extenuating circumstances, the government should not be bailing them out. People need to take responsibility for their own actions.

MrOuijaAK

MrOuijaAK

Anchorage, AK
September 2005

NOV 19, 2007 07:13 PM

FreakPirate said:

MrOuijaAK said:

How is it stupid that I don't want to pay for other people's shit?



You probably didn't notice but I live in Canada. Right now other people are paying for my shit because my income is so low. Next year (thanks to a new job) my health care won't be subsidized and I'll be paying to subsidize someone else's. Know what, I'm just fucking peachy with it. The system isn't perfect but it's better than a country full of selfish assholes and people not getting the care they need.



That'd work great, if everyone were like you. But unfortunately there are too many people out there that take advantage of the system and just mooch off of the rest of society.

Cairo

Cairo

SUICIDEGIRL

Maryland, USA

NOV 19, 2007 07:13 PM

MrOuijaAK said:
How is it stupid that I don't want to pay for other people's shit?



Bitch_PhD said:
This legislation will not cost the taxpayers a single dime



Reading comprehension is your friend.

FreakPirate

FreakPirate

Calgary, AB
November 2002

NOV 19, 2007 07:16 PM

MrOuijaAK said:

That'd work great, if everyone were like you. But unfortunately there are too many people out there that take advantage of the system and just mooch off of the rest of society.



Yeah... I just don't buy that.

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