Oh florence...bless your little heart.  Only krista and those on the right conflated the issue with 'free'. What women, and some more enlightened and smart men, would like BCP covered as part of the prescription drug plan of their employer-based insurance...just like your bone pills, the little blue ones, for men's inabilities to perform.  If BCP are covered, and are often time used for more than just birth control, then they're subject to a copay and NOT FREE; learn the difference.  It's too darn bad you've fallen prey to many of the carny barkers lying about free vs. just cover the damned things.