Reply #33: Uninsured people CAN'T 'just go to the doctor for a prescription'!

[NorthernSpy]

I really don't think a woman should take it without a doctor prescribing it.

Do YOU plan to pay for all these doctor's vi$its that you want to force on other women who need emergency contraception? If not, maybe you should think twice before imposing such a burden (its being supposedly 'for our own good' notwithstanding).

A doctor needs to screen women for risk factors-it's probably not a good thing for someone who has problems with blood clotting to take it, for example.

If you see a benefit to seeking a doctor's advice, then please feel free to do just that. But some of us don't have that option. An uninsured person must pay the highest prices for things like doctor's visits -- and that's assuming that you can get time off from work for an appointment within the brief time period in which emergency contraception must be taken to be effective.

Insisting on prescription-only status for safe, beneficial medications has the effect of reserving these things for the affluent and the insured, while placing an unreasonable added burden on those less-affluent and uninsured who could benefit from them.

This is regulation that takes into account only the interests of medical 'haves', while ignoring the interests of medical have-nots.