tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post425517603686760538..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: The Virtue of HyperlinksClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-40336683764698583792012-03-15T22:21:59.571-06:002012-03-15T22:21:59.571-06:00The Arizona bill ended up all over my facebook new...The Arizona bill ended up all over my facebook news feed, so I looked up the story. It's bullshit. Actually, the story is probably worse than that, as BS has been usefully defined by a philosopher as "statements made with no consideration of their truth value" - I think the story as presented on Jezebel.com is actually intentionally distorted. <br /><br />The bill would allow all employers, not just religiously-affiliated ones, refuse to pay for contraception coverage in their health plans. Arizona would become only the third (I think) state which allows that of all employers.<br /><br />Anyone who is modestly familiar with health-care law knows that your employer is not allowed to ask *how* you're using your health coverage, so the premise of the Jezebel article, and the original "State Press" (ASU paper) is false. The State Press article states <i>would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if they seek contraceptives for non-reproductive purposes, such as hormone control or acne treatment.</i> This is false, and if the student writing the article had actually learned how to do journalism, she would have found this out before writing such crap.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389602137217799305noreply@blogger.com