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To: TimF who wrote (9428)	2/16/2012 12:22:54 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 85487

<<<<So beyond the infringement on liberty>>>> Oh give me a break! No one is forcing you to take any contraceptive! The only infringement of a persons liberty is when a woman is forced to carry a baby she doesn't want to. This crap of infringement of liberty is the most bogus argument in the world! I am against war - I still have to pay taxes that pay for those wars. AND I do so arguing against the war but not making the most bogus argument that my liberty is being infringed against.

To: TimF who wrote (9428)	2/16/2012 12:37:32 PM
From: sm1th	1 Recommendation Respond to of 85487

Real insurance is for unpredictable and at least relatively major risks, there is little or no benefit from it for predictable and relatively small costs. Health care insurance used to be that way, up until the 70's. Harvard Community Health Plan, the first HMO, was started to test the idea that overall costs could be reduced by including routine preventative care in the coverage. The theory was that big expenses, such as heart attacks and cancer could be reduced by early treatment and the total expense would be less. It hasn't exactly worked out but the idea of comprehensive coverage is now pervasive. I cannot even buy the type of coverage I had 40 years ago, because it didn't include all of the coverages now mandated by the nanny state.