*eyeroll* Insurance companies (still) have a straight up monopoly. You don't have many options, being as your employer generally only gives you maybe 2-3 options to choose from and almost never do you have the option to look at another company for competition. For decades they could charge whatever they chose and…

Exactly. It makes me sad when I hear about it, but that still doesn't make it my business.

No. Not at all. You still get your insurance from a private company. Yes, the government makes them comply to certain standards (just like food and drugs, car safety, etc). That's what the ACA does. It does not give over your insurance to the government. And no, he should not have said that, because he can't…

Nah, there isn't. Everything's postponed til tomorrow because hurricane. But regardless, I reserve the right to say as I choose to whomsoever I choose on these things. I don't do it for the trolls, I do it for others to get a framework to hang their own arguments upon.

Not only does it have physical repercussions on the body, there's this thing where you then are responsible for another human for the rest of your life. If you choose to be, then that's awesome. I want to be as well. I'm trying my damndest to become a mom. But that's my choice. And I make choices only for me. …

You know, rereading this, it makes me mad on another level. Why should you have to explain your medical choices to people who are neither your doctor, your partner, nor your legal guardian? You're an adult human, you have insurance(I assume), and you've made a personal health choice. Why should you have to explain?

Agreed. There's literally no reason for it other than to hurt people. Find other language which doesn't make you sound like a dipshit.

Right? Well, *they* won't have a stroke. Therefore, it's really just poor planning on your part to decide to have one. And you should totally just use condoms. Because that works for them. /snark

I don't know. I finally parsed it as that your insurance doesn't have to cover birth control but that you'd get extra money so you could pay for it yourself? Which is nonsense. Birth control is medication. Medication is covered by insurance. It's wearing me out that there is this underlying message that being a…

Eh, I reserve the right. Especially by answering irrationality with rationality. It's not about "winning," it's about maintaining calm in the face of utter ignorance.

You know what's my favorite thing? It's having to "listen" to men tell me how my body works and how medications I may or may not choose to take will affect it. Though maybe more than that, I love being told which are "right" for me to take by people who not only aren't my doctor, but who've never even seen me. …

Eh, sometimes it's fun :)

Why should I compromise with healthcare? It's not personal. It's healthcare. People don't take birth control to piss others off, they take it because they think it's the right thing to do for themselves. Why should they compromise their own health to keep others happy in some completely non-specific way? And for…

They can always add more. But if you were paying attention, you'd see that I don't use birth control. I never have and can't because of my hormones. But birth control should be treated precisely the same as every other medication. Period. There's literally no reason to discriminate against healthcare just because…

It's not my choice, nor anyone else's what kind of medications one is prescribed or chooses to use. And if their religious convictions were so sound, then why did they cover these exact same medications until the ACA told them they had to? Why do they continue to invest in the companies which produce these same…

LOL they can add all they want to my salary. I'm a highly educated professional! However, if you're asking would I pay more (which I suspect you are, even though you've been wrong now twice): then yes, I would. I would happily pay more if it meant that more people were able to reach good balance and good health.

Read carefully: I don't use birth control. I really can't because hormones. But everyone's body is different. This isn't like underwear, where you pick a different brand because you like the color better. This is hormones which can change literally everything about the functioning of your body. Therefore, there…

How about you stay out of the healthcare and lives of others? Hormonal birth control has piles more uses than contraception.

Adding more? Sure. They can pay me more. Except I'm not paid hourly. I'm salaried. I'll say it again: Insurance companies are required to provide for a certain standard of care. As per the ACA, birth control is within that standard. And, as insurance companies go, it's a drop in the bucket. Especially when you…

GETMYSMELLIN'TURDS! No wait, this isn't that. ;)