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Things I Do Not Understand

So it turns out I need glasses for reading.  No big deal, I turn 50 this year, so its to be expected.  However, this I cannot understand.  The lenses, those precision ground pieces of glass needed to correct my vision are $23.00, and the freaking frames are $130.00????  WTF???  I'm just happy my employer offers a decent vision plan.

Outfoxing The Pope

Everyone thought the President was going to cave to the Catholic Church today, but I think he just outmaneuvered the priests.  Even the headline writers are getting it wrong, calling it a "retreat" or a "compromise" but look what he's announced:

President Obama will announce today that religious employers won't have to cover birth control for employees -- their insurance companies will, senior administration officials said.

So unless the church is self-insured (and according to this article, many Catholic institutions purchase insurance off the shelf), contraceptive services are covered, and in any case, have been covered for years.