Move aims to tackle decline in use of contraception ‘because it costs too much’, says health minster

I have a real gripe with this kind of politics.

“The peasants are so poor they can’t even afford their basic necessities. Let’s take one commodity and subsidise it, but only for one certain group of people we’re targeting in the next election.”

They can look generous, but they don’t have to touch the overall problem. You could argue that subsidising one thing worsens the poverty, because it causes inflation in other products.

  • Ephera
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    3 years ago

    Obviously contraceptives are not that expensive that poor women under 25 (in France) could not afford them (I think?).

    I mean, contraceptives aren’t that cheap. This is information for the US:

    Brand name birth control can cost between $60 to $180 a month (depending on which drug) amounting to $720-$2160 a year versus their generic versions costing from $0 (with insurance and the affordable care act) to at least 30% less.

    Source

    But yeah, insurance reimbursing the costs probably applies even more so to France. (Hard to find reliable information on that, though, without being fluent in French.)