tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post1493337740860064859..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: Free is free, co-payments are payments, and I am so tired of this shit...Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-25937513161659965782012-02-10T18:43:41.983-06:002012-02-10T18:43:41.983-06:00I appreciate everyone's intelligent comments! ...I appreciate everyone's intelligent comments! <br /><br />To the author of this blog:<br /><br />Your great sense of humor makes me feel a little less exasperated by the news and my remarkably close minded WASP baby boomer dad.Rachel Kaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-7974458518775183872012-02-10T15:55:31.362-06:002012-02-10T15:55:31.362-06:00Help me find some hope in today's (2/10) devel...Help me find some hope in today's (2/10) developments! Signing the DAA, the drone attacks, and executing citizens without trial have me thinking of staying home on 11/6.Berdawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-50855444092723634412012-02-08T17:29:24.171-06:002012-02-08T17:29:24.171-06:00THANK YOU! I have been yelling this exact same poi...THANK YOU! I have been yelling this exact same point at my TV for what feels like years now.Lori S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-26703883292377909962012-02-08T11:34:53.576-06:002012-02-08T11:34:53.576-06:00Nicely put - let me add another layer.
As a Cat...Nicely put - let me add another layer. <br /><br />As a Catholic who attended 16 years of Catholic Schooling AND works in the health industry, I feel I can comment intelligently on some of the flaming discussions revolving around the Obama Administration's stance on mandating coverage for contraceptives v. choice for religious entities. <br /><br />With all due respect, I am not sure if people understand how insurance coverage works. Here's a simple example:<br /><br />Assuming the Archdiocese of St. Louis has self-insured Rx coverage, the Archdiocese only pays for the drugs its employees and their families get. It is not part of a larger fully-insured "pool" whereby it pays a set fee; I believe the Archdiocese went away from fully insured over a decade ago specifically to control its costs AND its coverage. <br /><br />To be crystal clear: the only time money would go to birth control is if its employees buy it. <br /><br />Assuming a female employee buys a pack of, say, Estrostep FE under her coverage (there is a "conscience clause" the Jesuits repeatedly and carefully explained to us kids that essentially dictates we are - ultimately - responsible for our actions since God gave us free will) she pays a copayment, which the Archdiocese (or its PBM) controls. <br /><br />Birth control coverage can be set into a non-preferred tier with a high copay, if the Archdiocese wants; say 50%. <br /><br />This means for every female employee who chooses to purchase standard birth control pills the Archdiocese pays - eh, let's call it $40 per month. <br /><br />Some folks say $40 per month is $40 per month too much since the Archdiocese doesn't have a choice. But the Church is not an individual - it DOESN'T have choice. Entities do not have free will as God defines it. Only people do.<br /><br />Covering condoms (which I am not positive but believe are FSA-approved items and MUST be covered if the Archdiocese offers an FSA of any type) and other, non-Rx family planning procedures are outside my area of expertise and I won't weigh in, except to say that this is ultimately the family's decision. It is between the husband and wife and (if I may quote the Catholic Church's wedding vows) therefore within one body, one spirit, of the marriage. "What God has joined let no man sunder." If a husband and wife make a decision of conscience, the Archdiocese (which is made up of men) has no right to interfere. <br /><br />That said, I doubt this changes anyone's mind.Rileysdtrnoreply@blogger.com