Jack Cafferty Calls Birth Control "Lifestyle Choice"

During a discussion on Planned Parenthood's ad showing John McCain's Viagra gaffe Jack Cafferty says ED is a medical condition but birth control is a "lifestyle choice". Well Jack, not always, sometimes it's needed for medical conditions and Viagra is not always used by those with ED, and that "lifestyle choice" is one that should be paid for if Viagra is going to be paid for as well. Birth control is one hell of a lot cheaper than unplanned pregnancies.

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[moejardines]

Hehehe, that's hilarious. Both are prescribed by doctors, and frankly the birth control saves money all the way around. Viagra is commonly used as a recreational drug, and its being financed by insurance. Birth control should be free for anybody who wants it, because it prevents abortion. I'm pro choice, but I recognize abortion as a necessary evil. Its stupid to not acknowledge that people will fuck no matter what. The Catholic church is batting a 1000 with this and molestation.

[blair227]

McBush=further disaster.

[compaqowner]

The health care funding of meds for dis-function over birth control shows that procreation lobby is very strong at getting drugs like viagra out on the market and not RU486 and other birth control or anti-conception drugs on the market. The world would be a better place without a bunch of fuck happy men making more babies to an overly populated planet. too bad they don't require a license for child birth. My rule is pay more taxes or have fewer kids. If you need to fuck you need to pay.

[lolomcspanky]

They should cover it if they want to be smart with their finances. Birth control for a year is a lot cheaper than an unwanted pregnancy every year. Of course, the new tactic for many plans is to flat-out not cover any prenatal care, and if you ask me THAT is where it gets interesting.

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with women just paying for bc. The hypocrisy and total lack of logical reasoning that bother me. How can you be against abortion, bc, and prenatal care all at once?

[eljefereal]

I know that birth control pills do those sorts of things. I think insurance should cover the costs when used for cancer prevention, hormonal balancing, those sorts of uses.

My point is "Should insurance companies cover birth control pills used exclusively to prevent pregnancy?" That's where this gets interesting.

[lolomcspanky]

No other medication was offered to me. Insurance did not cover it. I was just a child and not sexually active at the time. How was that a lifestyle choice? I have also been prescribed birth control for amenorrhea, and there is no other treatment I'm aware of for irregular menstrual cycles - and I have asked 7 different ob/gyns for alternatives, as I hate taking birth control. Even if an alternative exists, it's not commonly used.

[BlackKingX]

I just checked and birth control is only one possible treatment for PCOS. Its treatment of PCOS is also only a side effect of the pill itself. It's like taking certain flu medications to throw up and not to cure the flu like they were designed to do.

There are other medications designed to treat PCOS that health insurance companies probably cover... and guess what? They won't be used as contraceptives by people that just want to have pregnancy free sex for cheaper!

[lolomcspanky]

Once again, I wasn't aware that condoms treat any diseases. Perhaps my sarcasm in declaring chemotherapy a lifestyle choice confused you. Let me be clear: you said yourself "sex is a choice, getting a disease isn't." I did not choose to get PCOS, for which I was prescribed birth control. As medicine, to treat a disease.

[BlackKingX]

I'm curious, would you call condoms a lifestyle choice or a medical treatment?

[lolomcspanky]

What diseases do condoms treat?

[lolomcspanky]

Many, many women take birth control to regulate their menstrual cycles. It's about the only thing that can be used for this. And I get that you agree it should be covered, my point was just that it's more common that most people seem to realize. If you have almost any menstrual problem - irregularity, extreme pain, bad PMS - your ob/gyn will prescribe birth control as standard practice. They even prescribe it for acne. My point is, there are lots of uses besides contraception.

[BlackKingX]

I'm curious, would you call condoms a lifestyle choice or a medical treatment?