Comments on: Birth Control May Soon Be Free Under Your Insurance Plan http://www.toonaripost.com/2011/08/life-style/birth-control-may-soon-be-free-under-your-insurance-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birth-control-may-soon-be-free-under-your-insurance-plan Grassroots Journalists, Bloggers and Experts capture and report news from around the world. Become a citizen journalist with Toonari Post today! Fri, 17 May 2013 06:34:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gretchen Kalhust http://www.toonaripost.com/2011/08/life-style/birth-control-may-soon-be-free-under-your-insurance-plan/#comment-1187 Gretchen Kalhust Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:26:53 +0000 http://www.toonaripost.com/?p=8441#comment-1187 I believe that another major argument among conservative groups against the Obama administration's implementation of the IOM's suggestions is that if insurers are forced to give their members free birth control, free breast pumps, free HPV and HIV screenings then Americans can expect higher insurance premiums. The argument is that insurance companies cannot be expected to pay health care providers for services and medications and then not pass rate increases off to customers. Insurance rates, which conservatives and liberals alike will agree are already high, will, presumably, continue to increase. Couple this fiscal conservatism with your arguments above and you begin to see a clearer picture of why the right is fighting the measures.

Also, I have two small critiques to offer of your story (I'm a journalism student and can't help myself, sorry!) 1 – You were very objective and did a fine job explaining both sides of your argument up until the very end when you inserted your personal opinion. You seem to have lost your objectivity there at the end but otherwise this is a pretty good piece. 2 – When you published the story, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had announced that these new guidelines will in fact become law effective August 1, 2012. Your story needed to be updated before posting.

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