Why are taxpayers paying for Viagra? Where is the Catholic hierarchy's outrage about this?

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33. Seems a portion of the population REALLY has a problem doing simple cost analysis... Sooo for you!

True story: As a 20-something working for a small business where a benefit was that the employer would pay half of the health care premium, I was brought into a room with the owner. As the first and only female working for this firm, he had just discovered that my health care premiums were higher than what he was paying for the 60 year old male employee. I was told that this good company would cover my premiums up to the point of a 60 year old man's premium -- about a third, and I (the only female employee would pay 2/3). Are you following me? I believe the new Health Care Act now ensures that women aren't charged so much more than men.

Why do you think the health insurance premium for a young, healthy female would be that much more than a 60 year old, male smoker (yes he was a smoker)? Pregnancies and births are expensive. The less pregnancies and births, the more money savings. Birth control SAVES money not only by preventing pregnancies (big health care $$ spent there), but also in reducing the number of surgeries needed for things such as removing polyps, fibroids, and endometrial scar tissue.

Hope that helps you understand the economics of it Joe.