{"id":1209,"date":"2012-02-13T22:25:55","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T03:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2012-04-09T22:33:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T03:33:53","slug":"confusing-health-insurance-with-health-care-is-bankrupting-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/13\/confusing-health-insurance-with-health-care-is-bankrupting-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Confusing Health Insurance With Health Care Is Bankrupting Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Obama administration\u2019s finger-to-the-wind political strategizing over birth control has touched off a furor amongst a variety of factions. Most of the controversy has rightly centered around the government\u2019s ability to run roughshod over an individual\u2019s, or religion\u2019s, belief systems.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1211\" style=\"width: 149px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/300px-SenatorGillibrandpic.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1211\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1211 \" title=\"300px-SenatorGillibrandpic\" src=\"http:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/300px-SenatorGillibrandpic-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/300px-SenatorGillibrandpic-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/300px-SenatorGillibrandpic.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But an equally important issue has been revealed by accident, and is perhaps getting less attention. New York\u2018s junior Senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, provides the setup, applauding the forced coverage of birth control by insurance companies:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201c99 percent of American women take birth control, and this is basic health care for most women,\u201d<\/em> said Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Until this country stops confusing health insurance with health care, we\u2019re on a road to certain national bankruptcy. Indeed, many would argue we\u2019re already there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/deanzarras\/2012\/02\/12\/confusing-health-insurance-with-health-care-is-bankrupting-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading at Forbes Opinions&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Obama administration\u2019s finger-to-the-wind political strategizing over birth control has touched off a furor amongst a variety of factions. Most of the controversy has rightly centered around the government\u2019s ability to run roughshod over an individual\u2019s, or religion\u2019s, belief systems. But an equally important issue has been revealed by accident, and is perhaps getting less [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1209"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1215,"href":"https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions\/1215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civilsocietytrust.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}