The Closer You Look

Life Insurance SellingVol. 79 Nbr. 8, August 2004

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The study adds that, "In the early 1990s, private health insurance plans covered prescription contraceptives much less frequently than they did other prescription drugs and devices." Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found that the failure of employers to include contraceptives in prescription drug coverage constitutes sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Beyond the threat of litigation, it would seem that the federal government's 1999 decision to require contraception in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) also became a key driver in the increased coverage metrics measured and reported by the study.

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The Closer You Look

PHYSICS is a wacky science. My earliest confirmation of that observation came in a high school physics class, where our teacher defined "mass" as "the amount of stuff in an object." While that may be technically correct, it is an unorthodox explanation. Regardless, it painted a picture that a high school sophomore could understand, and thus it achieved my teacher's goal.

A bit of reading on the subject reveals a wide variety of contradictions and urban legends. As an example, the notion...

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