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16066888XX98 t1_iuagf1u wrote

Reply to comment by Gottapopemall in Chick-fil-A Tested a 3-Day Work Week and the Result Is Stunning by electroplasmasphere

My birth control pills are almost $175 PER MONTH without insurance. I have to take them for reasons other than preventing pregnancy. It's $24 with insurance. Welcome to the world of being a woman.

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Gottapopemall t1_iuah0cg wrote

And chicfila is stopping you from getting your birth control?

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16066888XX98 t1_iuahcbn wrote

It's not stopping me because I don't work there. But it does stop thousands of women that work for them. It's unconscionable.

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Gottapopemall t1_iuangu5 wrote

Ok so this openly Christian company that makes their stance very clear to everyone including any person who may consider working there is a terrible company because they don’t share you’re belief that birth control should be covered by your insurance? Isn’t that kind of like going to Outback Steakhouse and criticizing them for not being vegan?

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16066888XX98 t1_iuas5f0 wrote

No. I'm not complaining about the product. I'm stating that medical care shouldn't be a political or religious issue.

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Gottapopemall t1_iuauc4x wrote

But it isn’t up to you or I what any one’s religion deems moral or not. They have the freedom to practice their religion as they see fit and since it’s a private company, those beliefs are going to extend to everyone working there. Regardless, I still haven’t gotten an answer to my question on why chic-fil-a is a terrible company…

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16066888XX98 t1_iuaux3j wrote

I'm stating that people in the US have their healthcare intrinsically tied to their jobs. Not everyone has the opportunity to "work wherever", for instance, a person without a car in a small town might find that Chick-fil-a is one of the few places they can work.

Chick-fil-a shouldn't deny health care to people because they have female parts. Birth control pills are not just for birth control. I kinda gotta assume you're a dude, or you'd understand from personal experience what I'm talking about.

Of course, if you'd just like to troll the religion crap, feel free.

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Gottapopemall t1_iuavzqr wrote

I’m not trolling anything. I don’t think that denying something on religious grounds makes chic-fil-a a “terrible” company especially considering a lot of people don’t think that birth control should be covered by insurance in at all. I’m not a religious man and I’m not claiming to understand all the tribulations of being a woman but outside of regulating periods, clearing acne, and MAYBE helping with cramps, I don’t see why condoms wouldn’t suffice.

To me, you seem like an angry and defensive person looking to make an enemy out of anyone that disagrees with your views. And funnily enough, that is the only way anyone could see chic-fil-a as a terrible company.

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16066888XX98 t1_iuaz6va wrote

You are making my point for me. You can't see why this is much more than "regulating periods, clearing acne and MAYBE helping with cramps" because you are not a woman. However, you believe that a corporation should be able to decide whether thousands of employees should receive gender-specific health care (not your gender)? The fact is that if you are not a woman, you can not possibly understand what goes into the complexity of our medical care. Certainly, my employers interest in "The Lord" should have no impact on whether or not I can get care for dozens of different issues, because that care includes something that has one of it's uses labeled as "birth control".

By the way, Chick-fil-a wouldn't want you to use condoms either, if they could control that.

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Gottapopemall t1_iub0dal wrote

So your belief that they should pay for your birth control supersedes their right to practice their religion and run their private business in line with those values. I don’t think that’s very fair.

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16066888XX98 t1_iubdqlp wrote

Haha. The company doesn't pay for medication. The company subsidized health insurance that follows the guidelines of the AHCA.

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16066888XX98 t1_iuavah5 wrote

BTW - there are LOTS of things private companies can not impose on their employees. They just picked this thing because, hey - it's women, so why not.

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