Well fuck, if we're going to run things a la carte, then there's a shit load of things I'd like the government to grant me personal exemption from.

frivolous and a waste of taxpayer resources. ignorant riffraff.

“This is a moral conundrum for me. Do I just cancel the coverage and put my family at risk? I don’t believe in what the government is doing.”

Are you a man of faith or not, motherfucker?

I assume sex out of wedlock is against his beliefs. Maybe he should exempt his family from treatment and diagnosis of STIs. And since eating shellfish is expressly forbidden in the bible, I guess he'll be getting an exemption from paying for paralytic shellfish poisoning diagnosis and treatment. Maybe the insurance companies should offer a "Leviticus" plan that only covers boner meds and heart attacks.

I'm pretty sure you can opt out of contraceptive coverage by...uh...not using contraception. There is no mandate that every woman in the country must immediately go on hormonal birth control.

This guy is an idiotic attention-seeker, which I suppose is the definition of a politician.

I'm asking for an exemption from the part of the federal budget that pays to print "In God We Trust" on all the dollar bills. They can pay for that by partially lifting the Southern Baptist Church's immunity from taxes. Also, I want a rebate on the portion of my landlord's property taxes that pay for the time schools spend on the Pledge of Allegiance.

@1 - this, sadly, is a long and well-established ruse for getting to pick and choose government, a-la-carte.

Nowhere in the ACA does it say you have to take BC, but they'd like to make sure it's denied...and they're testing the legal boundaries to feel out ways to make that denial possible.

The ethical test case for this is Christian Science and minor children. We can't tell Christian Scientists they have to get modern medical treatment (against their theology) and we can't tell them what religion to raise their children in; however, at some point, allowing them to deny medical treatment for their children slides over into legally enabling criminal neglect under the guise of religious freedom.

Oh, and you better believe this is not about condoms or the pill for the Mr. or Mrs.; this is about keeipng their children from having access.

It's not about being forced to actively use a treatment you yourself feel is wrong; it's about denying to others. They make the tortured argument that if they are forced to participate in a system that offers the option, it's the same as being forced to take the option. I need to go look up my logic symbols to write the equation for this.

Heretofore exemptions have been traditionally seen as exception from positive or active, rather than passive participation. You may be exempted from firing a gun and killing someone in a war, but not exempted from paying the taxes that pay for the armaments.

What a stupid asshole.

Anyway, interesting "side effect" from the Women's Preventative Health Services piece of PPACA, women's sterilization procedured are covered with no copay/coinsurance or deductible.

So if you are a man, you will need to pay same as other surgeries for your sterilization procedures. Ladies, its on the house!

Well, come 2014 plan years anyway, but you lucky ladies who have insurance carriers that opted to be Non-Grandfathered, that shit is free. Along with lactation supplies and counseling by the way, on often overlooked piece.

I write health insurance contracts for a living, by the way. So if you have any questions about your coverage or PPACA changes, let me know.

They are playing off such a ridiculous logical fallacy. What's covered by insurance is immaterial. Their religious beliefs may help them decide what services they choose.

Most of us never avail ourselves of all the benefits of our insurance. Year in and year out I'm covered for all sorts of surgeries that I simply don't need and may never need.

If you believe that man is arguing with people who care about logic, you don't know much about Texas.

"Yeah, why should I have to pay for it?" goes a long way when you're watching NASCAR.

"Well, uncle Bob, they do pay for your boner pills..." goes just as far.

He should ask if he can spend his birth control credit on a fertility monitor as that would let him practice the Rhythm Method (a Catholic approved doctrine of monitoring the menstrual cycle).

We have the technology:

The OvaCue is a saliva-based electronic fertility monitor designed specifically for trying-to-conceive couples. With the OvaCue, you can predict your ovulation date up to seven days in advance by measuring changes in the electrolyte concentration of your saliva – giving you more opportunities to conceive each month. The OvaCue is ideal for women with regular cycles or irregular cycles.

http://www.ovacue.com/?_s_ref=5WeUpOAKS&…

The last time I checked (admittedly, it's been a little while) the medications prescribed to women for birth control were also prescribed for other diagnoses unrelated to fertilization of random ova; skin problems caused by hormonal imbalances come to mind. So this guy is saying that because they do prevent fertilization they may not be used for the other purposes. That's like outlawing rope because it can be used for BDSM sessions.

Lady-Comp Fertility Monitor - Fahrenheit

Effectiveness: I've been using Lady Comp since September of 2009, and I'm very pleased that I made the leap from birth control pills to this device. It's amazing how much you learn about your body when you combine this machine with fertility education!

Pros: Body is returning to "normal" after hormone imbalance, I am much more aware of what's going on with my cycle (and discovered an imbalance in progesterone because of it), no more stressing if I miss a pill (as the LC keeps me aware of my fertility at all times), long-term savings over the pill if the unit lasts for more than 18 months, relatively easy to assimilate into my lifestyle.

Cons: Have to use condoms during the fertile days (7 for me) [Gee whiz, like you can't give it a rest! -- srotu] , and having alcohol or lack of sleep affect the temps. It's also a bit of a leap of faith to trust something so important to a machine, so I would highly suggest utilizing the Companion Info below.

http://www.amazon.com/VE-Valley-Electron…

@Calpete 13: Your point is perfectly valid, but we shouldn't be focusing on contraception used for non-contraceptive purposes. It's like focusing on abortion in cases of rape or incest instead of demanding reproductive rights for women who choose to have sex. Basically the discourse becomes 'Contraception is okay when you don't use it to prevent conception, and abortion is okay in cases where you didn't consent to sex.'

People who are opposed to the use of contraception and abortion are generally those who think that sex shouldn't be 'consequence-free' for women, and unintended pregnancy and enforced childbearing is just punishment. So instead of playing into that thinking, let's defend reproductive control for what it actually is for most people: Contraception is good because women can use it to avoid becoming pregnant when they have sex that they want to have. Abortion is good because women can terminate unintended pregnancies that are the result of sex that they wanted to have.

To follow Wieland's "logic," we also have to remove all condoms from the shelves of every store in the nation so he isn't tempted to buy any and violate his own religion?

What about a national ban on pork, oysters, crabs & shrimp while we're at it? And Sunday... Why do we let stores open on Sunday? And Saturday? What about Friday for the Muslims? Yeah... we should just have a four-day work week, and close every business for the other three days! No shopping or work on the weekends! No driving, boating or flying, either. That violates Jewish orthodox Sabbath rules.

And mortgages. The Bible says not to lend money. Call in everyone's mortgage, and cancel all the credit cards! Close the banks!

Wieland is a fucking asshole amongst fucking assholes. How do you file an amicus brief? I'd like to send this in.