We-Have-to-Pass-It-to-See-What’s-In-It Fact of the Day
Wisconsin is pushing to expand a controversial program that uses federal Medicaid funds to provide free birth-control pills, vasectomies and other forms of contraception [but no other type of care!] to low-income people, an effort made possible by the federal health-care overhaul.
Full article on the use of Medicaid funds to provide free contraceptives.
Birth control, but no other type of care? I guess it’s first things first.
Why is it that all the facts of the day turn out to be horror stories. I worry about how many more surprises there are in this legislation.
Why should this be a problem? It’s a low cost program to provide birth control to people who aren’t poor enough to qualify for Medicaid.
They probably think of it as an investment in the future. Fewer births by Medicaid mothers today means fewer Medicaid mothers tomorrow.
Bruce, it’s fewer everything. Fewer prenates, fewer ICU babies, fewer complications of child birth, less child care — you name it.