Re: No more free birth control in California Originally Posted by Jolie 
Chalk it up to my conservative Christian upbringing, but it seems to me that anyone who can't afford to purchase their own birth control ought to mapquest Planned Parenthood or not be having sex. Taxpayers should not be paying for contraception for recreational sex.
I also think it is wrong to assume that teens are incapable of controlling their impulses. They may choose not to abstain, in which case, they are responsible for the consequences.
I agree that tax payers should not have to pay for those that can not afford birth control, there are a lot of things tax payers have to pay for that do not see fair (try keeping a straight face when a person on Medi-Cal comes in for a Rx for cough syrup because if an MD writes it they can get it for free at the pharmacy, but they come in smelling like a $5 pack of cigarettes). I was also raised in a conservative Christian home, but I also believe in preventive health care and believe that preventing an abortion is more cost effective, and I am not a big fan of abortion in the first place. I do not want to make assumptions, but it would seem that those who can not afford their birth control pills would also not be able to afford an abortion (lets not turn this into choice or life debate). And teens are not the only ones that use the PACT card, lack of birth control is not going to stop people from having sex...right or wrong.
In reply to apgar, I suppose the September '08 CPT code updates and formulary updates came out before this announcement was made; she talked about it as though it was very recent information. I will try to remember to ask her more about it on Monday.
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