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To: Rambi who wrote (76184)	7/24/2008 2:23:43 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (4) of 543262

I have always thought covering viagra but not birth control pills was ridiculous. It depends on how you frame the problem. ED is a disorder, female fertility is not. If its a program to treat medical disorders, then it would be sensible that birth control pills for ordinary prevention of fertility (rather than for some of the other uses they have) would not be part of the package. Those who disagree might give a response that might be that we shouldn't put ourselves in little boxes and be forced to live within the limitations of the box, and that coverage for birth control pills makes sense, and it doesn't matter if it fits in to the box or not. OTOH government programs generally exist to perform specific functions (not necessarily highly specific, they cover whole areas, but you don't have the department of the interior hunting down Iraqi insurgents or NASA handing out welfare checks.

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