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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (9105)	2/13/2012 11:29:11 AM
From: d[-_-]b	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

I still think free abortions for liberals is a great idea. back to when people played health care like a casino bet; That is the nature of insurance. no preventive health care Over rated - the net costs turn out to be about the same. Still have no idea how providing care to more people is going to lower costs - not to mention illegals etc.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (9105)	2/16/2012 1:20:10 AM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

The first is that giving poor women free contraceptives should be something a conservative would want There is no such thing as free contraceptives, just contraceptives that someone else is paying for. I have nothing against contraception, but I don't support forcing other people to pay for it. In the particular recent controversy about it, they are not even free for the people who want to receive them. If they are covered by insurance, then the insurance pays for them, and the worker pays for the insurance (sure the employer probably directly pays a large portion, but its in exchange for labor which would otherwise have to receive some other additional compensation like higher wages). Insurance of large and uncertain risks, makes sense, one could be wiped out if it happens to fall on you. "Insurance" for relatively small and predictable costs like contraception, doesn't make much sense, you just wind up paying for the contraception anyway, plus some extra for the overhead. Its like expecting car insurance to pay for oil changes, or perhaps even gasoline. It just increases total costs.