My Failed Attempt to Claim My ‘Free' Obamacare Birth Control

I Tried To Claim My 'Free' Obamacare Birth Control
LA JOLLA, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: Organon representetive Sandy Wingfield shows-off a NuvaRing contraceptive September 12, 2003 at the Association of Reproductive Health Professional convention in La Jolla, California. The NuvaRing is monthly vaginal insert that slowly releases Estrogen. The convention showcased the newest innovations in contraceptive drugs and devices and had lectures on reproductive health issues by prominent scientists.(Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
LA JOLLA, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: Organon representetive Sandy Wingfield shows-off a NuvaRing contraceptive September 12, 2003 at the Association of Reproductive Health Professional convention in La Jolla, California. The NuvaRing is monthly vaginal insert that slowly releases Estrogen. The convention showcased the newest innovations in contraceptive drugs and devices and had lectures on reproductive health issues by prominent scientists.(Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

As the newest member of The Cut, I was busy doing HR paperwork when the women's health mandate of Obamacare went into effect last Wednesday — an event one Pennsylvania representative likened to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and September 11.

It also happened to be the day my New York Media health insurance kicked in, tying me for the honor of first woman eligible for free birth control under the Affordable Care Act.

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