Originally Posted By: Carcassman
Making it OTC may still keep it as a political issue because now one would have to pay full price. That will be a political issue with many folks.

Getting government out of personal decisions is a great idea, just suggesting that the left will now have opposition, or look for subsidies (from Government) for those who can't afford full price since abstinence is not an option.

Seems to me that a physician could still prescribe the pills if the primary need was non-contraceptive. Which would probably get us back to square one with most pills being prescribed for non-birth control; which would then just be an acceptable side-effect.


If you couldn't afford it OTC wouldn't it be a fair guess to say that probably your income level is at a point were you are getting your medical care free or at a greatly reduced rate? If so I would think that would take that argument off the table.

What do you do about the patient education aspect of BC? Maybe it is not a big question/deal but I know in the clinic that I work in that patients that are receiving BC (at least for their initial RX) get educated by the provider or Nurse prior to leaving the clinic. Then again you don't get educated for any other OTC so maybe it doesn't matter.
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