This is a blog not from me, but from my husband. I am so truly lucky to have such a wonderful, compassionate, loving husband. I thought it was worth sharing his opinion with everyone. So here goes:Today has been a very disappointing day for me. Why, you ask? Because I found out that my health insurance through United Healthcare is completely biased and left wing supportive.I arrived at my job in good spirits today. I got online to check what fertility treatments my health insurance would cover (my wife and I are trying to have children), and once I got logged in, the clouds came, and my world went dark. You see, United Healthcare doesn’t cover any type of fertility treatment at all. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
And here’s the part that disturbed me the most…you find out what is covered, or not covered, under a tab labeled “Family Planning”. The things that are covered, however, have nothing to do with family planning at all, would be better suited under a tab labeled “Family Prevention”. Here is a list of items that are covered:
Voluntary Sterilization – Covered (Preventive Procedure)
Abortion – Covered (Preventive Procedure)
Fetal Reduction Surgery – Covered (Preventive Procedure)
Health Services for Non-surgical or Drug-induced Pregnancy Termination – Covered (Preventive Procedure)
As you can see, everything that is covered is for the Prevention of pregnancy and birth. This is blatant discrimination against all of us who hold Christian and Conservative values. It is a slap in the face by a liberal left that has control over way too many of the things that we need. United Healthcare would rather pay 80% of the cost associated with killing an unborn infant, than they would pay to assist in the creation of life. It is absolutely shameful.I placed a call to United Healthcare and asked them why fertility treatments were not covered in any fashion, and I was given a two part answer:
1. Fertility treatments are not deemed medically necessary, and
2. There is not enough proof, medically, that they actually assist in pregnancy I asked them if they were kidding, and was simply told “no”.
So I asked a few questions of my own:
Q: When has a vasectomy ever been considered “medically necessary”, after all, this is covered under voluntary sterilization?
A: “I don’t have any statistics to show that.”
Q: What percentage of abortions are actually considered “medically necessary”?
A: “I don’t have those kind of statistics in front of me either.”
***(By the way, according to Central Illinois Right To Life, only 3% of abortions are performed due to the mother’s health problems. That means 97% of abortions performed are done so as a matter of choice, or birth control, yet all of them are covered by United Healthcare)
Q: How many non-surgical or drug-induced pregnancy terminations are considered “medically necessary”?
A: “Again, sir, I do not have those statistics in front of me.”
As you can see, United Healthcare couldn’t back up why they cover only preventative measures. This should be an illegal practice, due to the fact that it is obviously discriminatory. The average cost of an abortion in the United States ranges from $370 to $450.
According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute (Planned Parenthood), there were almost 1.3 million abortions in the U.S. last year. Even on the low end of the cost spectrum, if United Healthcare is covering 80% of each case, they still covered $481,000,000. That’s half a billion dollars…spent primarily on murder. But they refuse to cover fertility treatments at all. They should have a billboard ad that reads:“United Healthcare. We kill them so you don’t have to.”To sum everything up, I can only think of one word to describe what I feel. That word is disgust. Something needs to be done about this idiocy. At the least, if they are going to cover all of the preventative measures of birth, they should also be required to cover measures that can help assist in birth.
Thank you,
Billy Franklin Poling
This is my husband's heart right there. Is is so passionate when it comes to something that he believes in. That's one of the things that made me fall in love with him. Just Please...and I beg you...Please dont get him started on POLITICS! For the love of Pete and all that is HOLY please dont get him started. Hope you enjoyed this post.Until Later,Shannon
