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Re: OC costs From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Wed Jan 31 13:39:52 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Dean Huffman: "Obituaries" Previous message: Harrison Sheld: "Re: OC costs" In reply to: Harrison Sheld: "Re: OC costs" what receives universal coverage should and will be a matter for national debate. the stuff that threads are made of ... art At Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Harrison Sheld wrote: > >I guess I didn't make the point clearly. Sorry. > >First, Does not anyone find it obscene that of the one dollar in taxation we >send to Washington, 72 cents is overhead. What does it matter if the >government pays 5 cents for a pack of birth control pills? Is it worth the >inefficiencies of the bureaucracy, the red tape, the loss of freedom? > >Second, if your clinic gets birth control pills for $1.70/pack that's less >than a pack of cigarettes or a big Mac. More than affordability seems to be >the issue in mandating uiversal coverage for oral contraceptives. Am I wrong? > >Marilyn Ringst wrote: > >> > >> >Believe it or not but the Gov pays less the $2.00 per pack for OCs >> >> Depending on the contract of the year I suppose, but our clinic price for >> OrthoTriCyclen now is $1.70/pack. -- art fougner, md A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote. Next message: Dean Huffman: "Obituaries" Previous message: Harrison Sheld: "Re: OC costs" In reply to: Harrison Sheld: "Re: OC costs"

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