No Rich Girls or Males Left Behind

Via Suburban Guerrilla, the horrible paradox of federally mandated HPV vaccination:

Each vaccine shot will cost $120 through private insurance, or $96 through governmental programs buying at the federal rate. Those that have insurance may only need to pay a co-payment if it is offered by their provider and those on government assistance programs might not pay at all, but those without insurance would have a hefty bill to pay, particularly if it is mandated for school attendance, and if there are several girls in a family. $360 on average for each girl would add up quickly for a family that may fall in the working poor class -- the people that most often do not have health care through their employer but do not qualify for government assistance. These are the same women that are most likely not receiving regular Pap tests to detect early pre-cancerous conditions before they develop into life-threatening cancer.

So to sum, if you are a member of the growing class known as the working poor, don't expect your girls to get more than a sixth grade education if you can't cough up for a vaccine that has nothing to do with school safety. I hope I don't need to spell out the travesty that this sort of right wing wet dream would produce. But hey, the next generation of cheap, disposable labor had to come from somewhere. If this passes, I predict a major upswing in the domestic servant business.