OReilly To Fluke: "You want me to give you my hard earned money so you can have sex?"

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74. Well, it so happens that I, myself, ask the same question as Billo

Why should "I" pay?

1. The other obvious question is this - if covering birth control means that insurance company costs will go down, then why aren't insurance companies ALREADY doing it in order to increase their profits. Why does the government have to step in and force the issue? Is that because insurance companies hate making money?

2. So? What else are you gonna tell me that is obvious? The sun rises in the East? Water is wet? Their insurance currently does not provide them with $1200 in automatic benefits, but it does cover them if they break an arm, need and EGD or knee surgery or an appendectomy. I am sure they will be happy to pay another $10 a month to get their $1200 in automatic benefits. However, what do I get out of it?

3. Not everybody has sex. Not everybody has the opportunity, and unlike catching pneumonia or getting banged up in a car accident - normal diseases and injuries - having sex is a choice. It doesn't happen to you like an injury or illness (except in cases of rape obviously) you choose to do it.

4. See above. I am not butting into their business. The question is - should I pay for things they choose to do? If they choose to drink Mt. Dew, should Mt. Dew be covered by their health insurance? I personally am pushing for that since I drink lots of Mt. Dew. If people object, I will tell them to mind their own business. It's my choice if I want to drink Mt. Dew and clearly they should help me pay for it, unless they are some sort of control freak.

5. It may or may not be taxpayers, depending on if it is covered by medicaid, which I think it should be since people getting medicaid, unlike others, cannot afford it on their own. Then there are people who work for the government, now getting this extra benefit, paid for by the taxpayers. But it is people like me paying, who are part of group insurance.