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Good morning everyone! I am having a wonderful start to my day, and here's why: Congress is considering adding the cost of contraceptives to the list of things required under "preventative care"! This is great news, because everyone knows that birth control gets really expensive, really fast, and it's important for women to be able to prevent pregnancy. Furthermore, condoms are important for everyone (not just women!) to prevent STDs. So even if they don't decide to include the pill (We know, Roman Catholic Church, that's WAY too radical. Women having sex and enjoying it without worrying about having babies. Craziness!), I would be happy if they could just include condoms, because to me that's the very definition of preventative care.
And if that's not argument enough, here's another:
"“We have rigorous evidence that every dollar invested in family planning saves more than a dollar in welfare and social service costs for children that result from unintended births,” Ms. Sawhill said."
But the best part is this:
"Congress left it to the administration to define the preventive care benefit and adopted an amendment by Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Democrat of Maryland, requiring officials to pay special attention to the “unique health needs of women.”
Lawmakers said they also meant to require coverage of annual checkups and health assessments known as well-woman visits; screening for domestic violence, heart disease and breast and cervical cancer; and doctor visits for women intending to become pregnant."
Amplify people, could we maybe all get together and send this fine woman a thank-you note?
Full article from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/health/policy/03health.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha24
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