A Debate about Contraception Or Religious Freedom? No, a Debate about Economic Choice | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary

A Debate about Contraception Or Religious Freedom? No, a Debate about Economic Choice | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary: 'This issue never had anything whatsoever to do with women’s health. There is nothing that prevents any woman who wants contraceptives from purchasing them. No one is threatening to take that right away, and no one should.

The debate does not even have anything to do with whether or not women can get insurance that covers contraceptives. Most insurance plans already do so, and when they don’t, women can purchase a rider that provides the additional coverage.

What this debate was really about is who pays for that coverage. And as much as some would like to obscure it, there is a difference between having the freedom to buy something for yourself and forcing someone else to pay for it.'

'From the beginning, the debate over health care reform has been about power and control. On one side, the Obama administration has sought to centralize control over health care in the federal government. The government decides whether a business must provide insurance or whether an individual must purchase it, and what type of insurance that must be. The government decides what treatments should be available. The government decides how much things should cost and who should pay for them.'

'As long as Obamacare puts the government in charge of our health care decisions, our choices will be dictated by politicians.'