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Re: Carson on CNN - Planned Parenthood
But its NOT a fact that PP is breaking any laws. Federal law does allow organizations like PP to recoup fees to cover the costs associated with donating fetal tissue.
Yes, but if you look at the break down, any activity that PP does counts toward this figure. So the blood test leading up to an abortion is counted, administering of pain meds after an abortion is counted. The abortion itself is one act that is counted in the stat, but the procedures, testing, administration of meds all count toward the figure but they are subsets of the overall abortion procedure. None of them would occur if the abortion wasn't happening in the first place.
For example (hypothetical numbers), let's say you have 10 abortion "patients" on the schedule.
Each abortion requires 9 additional medical procedures before, during, and after the actual act of abortion taking place to maintain cleanliness, prevent infection, deal with pain, handle the immediate recovery room, disposal, weekly check-up, etc. So if you have a total of 100 medical procedures, 10 of which are the actual abortion itself - it's very easy to say then that 90% of your efforts, and therefore, funds go toward non-abortions.
And, as Dr. Carson aptly stated, why do we need PP for women's health anyways when we have what Obamacare will do?
Such a turd. So, first he's a liar. Then, he isn't smart enough to know that the fact checkers will check out his claims re: FL gambling? I mean, what game does he think he's playing? He was so bent on being right with Bush that he was just probably hoping he still has enough media graces to bypass actual facts? Bleh.
Oh and them there's that jerky move of refusing to apologize to Bush's Mexican wife? Come on!
1. Liar.
2. Cheater of the American political system (paying candidates and politicians).
3. Non-apologetic to women (O'Donnell, Kelly, Fiorina and Bush's wife, propbably others.
4. No public speaking skills.
5. Cheap shot - re: the cheap shot he made to Paul (unprovoked) in the debate about Paul being on the stage.
I'm going to throw in another point of view, specifically about medical care cost/availability and why I am glad they recently opened a PP in my city. First off, low cost medical care where I live in NOLA is atrocious and almost non-existent. So I welcome any help we can get to that end.
Also, although I have insurance through my employer, it is a high deductible plan. In a nutshell, it's more of a catastrophic plan. Until I hit my $8,000 deductible, I have to pay for EVERYTHING...and that includes doctor visits and prescriptions. The one exception is I do have a free well-care visit to my obgyn each year, but I'm hoping the PP could be a lower cost fill-in for any other women's health needs I might have. Or, if I get laid off, could be a low cost place for my annual check-up. I've been employed since the ACA, so I have no idea about what those costs/coverages in my area are like for one of those plans.
However, I am strongly pro-choice so I don't have the animosity for PP, like a lot of other people do.
Thanks for the info. I just assumed they were low cost across the board, but they're pretty new in my city, and I haven't had a need to check them out.
I have a serious medical condition that, before the ACA, has left me out in the cold for half my adult life. If I had an employer's plan, I at least had major medial coverage, but wasn't covered for my pre-existing condition for the first year. And if I was unemployed? I literally could not buy any medical coverage, other than COBRA...which cost more than my entire month's unemployment check...not even a major medical plan.
Considering my past, I will admit to being super, super paranoid about the availability of affordable health care for the people in our country. Because I've known the hopelessness and desperation of wondering how I will pay for my medication when times have been tough. Or feeling completely freaked out because I'm given no choice but to completely go without any type of medical insurance. Even something relatively minor, like a broken leg or arm, would have sent me into bankruptcy.
Supposedly with the ACA all of that is no longer the case, but I've been employed and have insurance (though not very good insurance) since it was enacted, so I just don't know much about what the plans are, what they cover, and how much they cost. Plus it is a new system...that obviously a lot of citizens don't like...so I worry we'll be thrown back into the "go die in the street" barbarism we had before.