In today’s rundown: An Election Guide for voters who still have questions. And birth control could soon be provided to women at no cost under the new health care plan.
— Have you voted yet? If not, there’s still plenty of time and The Washington Post has help for those who are still trying to figure out where to go, how long they have to get there and who they’re voting for.
— Later this month experts and legislators will be meeting to consider what kind of preventative care women should receive for free as part of the federal medical overhaul. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) “says the clear intent was to include family planning,” reports the AP. That could make birth control free. But opponents of the plan say pregnancy is not an illness and therefore birth control is not preventative care.
