By now, I'm sure you've heard that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), at the recommendation of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), has decided to re-define women's health care yet again by mandating that by January 1, 2013, insurance providers give women a range of new "preventative services" free, no co-pay or deductible. These "preventative services" will include birth control - all FDA-approved birth control, including proven abortion-causing drugs like ella and Plan B. That's right; the Obama administration has just labeled pregnancy as a disease. According to a Consensus Report released by the IOM on July 19, "The IOM defines preventative health services as measures -- including medications, procedures, devices, tests, education and counseling -- shown to improve well-being, and/or decrease the likelihood or delay the onset of a targeted disease or condition." Under these conditions, insured women will have access to free birth control because pregnancy has been...(Read Full Post)