health care

I love my parents. Love them. They've been such a positive influence in my life...there's no way to thank them enough for what they've done.

However, I'm 21. I want to be on my own. But...

...I have to stay on my parents' insurance plan. Since there's no way I could pay for the cobra policy, they pay for it. They pay over $500 a month- not including co-pays for doctor appointments and visits- just to keep me on the insurance plan. Medical care just costs that much for me.

This is necessary care. The medication and doctor's appointments are not optional. And, there's no way on my barely-there "salary" that I could ever, ever afford this on my own.

Plan B. Oh, Plan B, the stony path you've tread! After years of being ignored by that bureaucratic anti-science convention, they might finally be giving you a chance to help women through out the country.

According to the Washington Post (link), the FDA has spoken out, saying that they want to meet with Plan B's parent Barr Pharmaceuticals "within seven days." This announcement comes the day before Senate confirmation hearings begin to make the temporary head of the FDA the permanent one. And why is this so pressing? Because many Democratic Senators have refused to confirm a permanent head until the FDA reviewed the two-pill series. Apparently everyone forgot that it got a 23 to 4 approval for over-the counter (OTC) dispensation from an FDA advisory board back in 2003.