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Originally posted by xok85xo
my insurance company does not cover birth control in my state(but in other states i'm assuming they do)
however..they do cover abortion
so who wants to try and explain that one to me?
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This is buried in my post above...basically, insurance companies know that very few women are going to take advantage of an abortion benefit compared to the number of women who will take advantage of a BCP benefit. It's all about the almighty dollar, and nothing to do with helping people prevent unplanned pregnancies....
ETA: And believe it or not, its still cheaper for the insurance company to pay for the births of the unplanned pregnancies than it is to pay for all those tens of thousands of monthly packets of BCP's. (this is because most of them have a contracted rate with the hospitals & doctors...that $20,000 bill was probably negotiated down to about $800 a day & the OB-Gyn probably got a $2,000-3,000 global fee).