Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Criteria for policy criteria, anyone?


 Economic efficiency, human rights, or some group's moral norms?
In recent weeks, conservatives have complained about being forced to pay for other people’s birth control, but a recently released study indicates that increasing availability to contraception actually saves taxpayer money.
A report released by The Brookings Institution this week showed that a $235 million program to expand access to Medicaid family planning would actually result in a savings of $1.35 billion. That’s a return on investment of over 500 percent.
Mass media campaigns and teen pregnancy prevention programs also resulted in savings, but to a lesser degree.
Read it at Raw Story
Study shows birth control saves taxpayer money
by David Edwards

1 comment:

Matt Franko said...

"Taxpayer on the hook!"