Math is hard, but basically, by cutting $73 million to Planned Parenthood, Texas will now have to spend an additional $200 million underwriting the cost of caring for almost 24,000 unplanned babies. And then there’s the cost of medications for sexually transmitted diseases–Texas has the highest rate of uninsured Americans in the United States (and a woefully weak Medicaid system facing a shortfall), so really what will happen then? Will Texas celebrate the arrival The Great Satan in the form of Obamacare?
Conservatives Finally Realize Straight People F*ck. A Lot. |
| By: Lisa Derrick Monday December 10, 2012 3:43 pm |
New Cervical Cancer Screening Recommendations: More Unfounded “Rationing” Fears Likely |
| By: David Dayen Friday November 20, 2009 1:15 pm |
Days after a controversial recommendation from the US Preventive Services Task Force on breast cancer screening, a separate organization has recommended less screenings for cervical cancer. Anyone seeing eerie parallels or ready to scream about “rationing” needs to read the recommendation much more closely.


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