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White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control

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White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control

News • 1 day ago

Millions of people with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms under a new rule.

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No. They should be free to all people, even those without insurance.
- Flying Squid
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  They should, but universal healthcare is not yet in the cards unfortunately. This is better than it was.
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    1•4 hours ago
    Everything is in the cards.
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      It really isn’t considering the probable makeup of the house and senate next year.

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