Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Reflections on the Birth Control Mandate

Anti-Gnostic has some reflections up in response to this post. Among his observations...
Insurance is the pooling of risk of unanticipated casualties. Outside the rare event of rape, coitus is entirely voluntary. Thus, there is no way to "insure" birth control. The mandate is equivalent to requiring your homeowner's insurer to cover your gambling losses in Vegas. The only way to avoid moral hazard would be to charge you for the entire amount of your own money you're prepared to risk. So, premiums must rise to cover the cost of these purely voluntary outlays, er, expenses.
Read the rest here.

2 comments:

  1. "Sex for the single girl" is entirely voluntary, so why should
    insurers pay for their BC pills?

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  2. Despite gainsaying from particular imbecile Orthodox, I've always maintained that corporations have been entitled to deny contraceptive benefit.

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