Shero

Going to war for birth control is one thing, but requiring that employers provide “free” birth control through insurance is something else entirely.

Insurance should be only to keep a person from financial ruin in the case of a disaster. A small recurring expense like birth control should ALWAYS be paid out of pocket. Running such an expense through an insurance company might feel like free gratis but it is not, and in fact the cost is multiplied.

Insurance is the very reason for the mess we are in with our healthcare system. Suppliers rush in to capture that pool of insurance money, raising their fees to exorbitant levels, while the public has no incentive to shop for the best price. Besides that, insurance companies have capital costs and overhead, and they have to make a profit. There is no free lunch.

There is no basis for requiring employers to provide anything except for what is specified by contract. There is no basis for requiring anyone at all to carry insurance of any type. Our health care system needs drastic change, but tweaking insurance is not going to fix anything, just make it worse.

I know that’s not the issue before the court.

The article is even better than what the PBS Newshour had last night

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