Liberty MavenSenator Barbara Mikulski wants men to pay for women’s mammograms
December 10th, 2009 1:30 pm | by Mike Miller | Published in Big Government, Health Care, Individual Responsibility, Liberty, Market Regulation, Politics, congress, government spending | 6 Responses
She doesn’t say it explicitly, but when Barbara Mikulski explains that her health care bill amendment would “guarantee women access to preventive health care screenings and care at no cost … [by requiring] all health plans to cover comprehensive women’s preventive care … with no copayments” it certainly follows.
If all health plans would be required to cover mammograms, then my health plan would be forced to cover it, which would translate into higher premiums for me. And I am a man. Is this fair?
Sheldon Richman of the Future of Freedom Foundation does a beautiful job exploring this in his article entitled There’s No Such Thing As a Free Mammogram :
Mikulski’s amendment illustrates how irresponsible politicians are. It is so easy for them to stand on the floor of the House or Senate and “give” things away for free, with no thought to who will actually have to swallow the expense. Why do we tolerate that? At the very least, we ought to know how much the government costs us, but we can’t know as long as politicians can do what Mikulski and her colleagues have done.
December 11th, 2009 at 3:26 am (#)
I'm a man and I'd be willing to pay for mammograms if I can play with them first…
December 11th, 2009 at 3:26 am (#)
I'm a man and I'd be willing to pay for mammograms if I can play with them first…
December 11th, 2009 at 2:28 pm (#)
[...] Senator Barbara Mikulski wants men to pay for women's mammograms … [...]
December 12th, 2009 at 12:07 am (#)
These are the kind of arguments that ensue when government intervenes and healthcare is taken away from the private sector.
December 28th, 2009 at 4:58 am (#)
this woman is utterly insane, i mean shes clear off her rocker….she is so far out of touch with the real world its not even funny.
a better choice is Dr. Eric Wargotz, someone who actually has a clue whats going on in America today – check out http://www.wargotzforussenate.org
December 28th, 2009 at 4:58 am (#)
this woman is utterly insane, i mean shes clear off her rocker….she is so far out of touch with the real world its not even funny.
a better choice is Dr. Eric Wargotz, someone who actually has a clue whats going on in America today – check out http://www.wargotzforussenate.org