Re: “,” Oct. 12 Krista Kafer column.
Krista Kafer is correct that we should not whine about deductibles and co-pays when insurance covers much of our health expense. But she misses the point when she asserts that people should not complain when the government allows employers to exclude contraception coverage from health plans due to religious or moral objections. It’s not the expense that is burdensome to the people who can afford it (poor women are another matter). It’s the idea that our government is tailoring regulations to align with the beliefs of particular religions. Some religions believe that only God can provide health care. Should employers who hold that belief be able to deny their employees any health insurance? If the law provides that certain health care procedures should be covered by government-mandated insurance, then an employer who is required to provide employee insurance should have to offer policies that include all of those procedures, regardless of their religious or moral persuasion. It is certainly their right to personally abstain from using procedures they find objectionable.
ٲ´DZ, Lakewood
Thank you to Krista Kafer for taking the whining “women libs” to task. They want equal rights, but please, no equal responsibilities. Health insurance shouldn’t require free birth control coverage for women who choose to use it, and make those who object to it for moral reasons pay for it. When will special-interest groups stop demanding their perceived “rights” at the expense of others? Maybe the Native Americans should demand that we give our country back to them. After all, they were here first.
Florence Liittjohann, Fort Morgan
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