Car Talk and Contraceptives
If health insurance were cars, Utah women would be driving Geo Metros.
And that's OK with Senate President John Valentine.
Citing concern about mandating medical coverage of certain illnesses, Valentine noted during debate of the "Pill Bill" that he opposed requiring insurance companies to cover diabetes and blood products. Not everyone gets the luxury insurance plan, he said.
We're sure that attitude has nothing to do with the bargain-basement priced state health care, often called the "Cadillac" of insurance plans, available to Utah's part-time lawmakers.
"Whenever we say that a plan has to have certain coverage, it's like saying we're only going to sell Cadillac Escalades. Or, we're not going to have any Ford Tauruses," Valentine said. Contraceptive coverage "is available on the market if you choose to pay for it. There ain't no free lunch."
But we thought this debate was about reproductive health.
-- Rebecca Walsh
And that's OK with Senate President John Valentine.
Citing concern about mandating medical coverage of certain illnesses, Valentine noted during debate of the "Pill Bill" that he opposed requiring insurance companies to cover diabetes and blood products. Not everyone gets the luxury insurance plan, he said.
We're sure that attitude has nothing to do with the bargain-basement priced state health care, often called the "Cadillac" of insurance plans, available to Utah's part-time lawmakers.
"Whenever we say that a plan has to have certain coverage, it's like saying we're only going to sell Cadillac Escalades. Or, we're not going to have any Ford Tauruses," Valentine said. Contraceptive coverage "is available on the market if you choose to pay for it. There ain't no free lunch."
But we thought this debate was about reproductive health.
-- Rebecca Walsh
1 Comments:
It ain't no free lunch for anyone except Utah law makers. They
maintain state health care insurance benefits for life after serving a mere 4 years. But state employees who have saved unused sick hours for years to cover health care insurance costs at retirement were stripped of that retirement benefit last year when HB213 passed. This is another example of the legislative gluttony,and self serving attitudes running rampant on the hill. Take care of yourself and your cronies and forget about the citizens you were elected to serve.
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