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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1390590" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://thehill.com/regulation/healthcare/215775-feds-to-unveil-birth-control-mandate-fix" target="_blank">Friday news dump</a>&nbsp;The Obama administration is moving forward with regulations meant to enable certain businesses and charities to steer clear of the Affordable Care Act’s so-called birth control mandate, while ensuring free contraception coverage for women under the law. The action amounts to an administrative workaround in response to a slew of legal challenges from groups citing religious objections to portions of the mandate. In June, the Supreme Court ruled that closely held religious companies cannot be compelled to offer their employees certain forms of birth control.

In short, the government will &quot;step in&quot; and cover &quot;the law’s contraception requirements&quot; as yet another taxpayer funded mandate. Also, as opponents charge, it doesn&#039;t actually get religious companies out of the birth control business, as they&#039;re still the vehicles for the coverage access.
If anything, this &#039;fix&#039; only makes the so called law worse for everyone who pays taxes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1390590, member: 12952"] [URL='http://thehill.com/regulation/healthcare/215775-feds-to-unveil-birth-control-mandate-fix']Friday news dump[/URL] The Obama administration is moving forward with regulations meant to enable certain businesses and charities to steer clear of the Affordable Care Act’s so-called birth control mandate, while ensuring free contraception coverage for women under the law. [INDENT] The action amounts to an administrative workaround in response to a slew of legal challenges from groups citing religious objections to portions of the mandate. In June, the Supreme Court ruled that closely held religious companies cannot be compelled to offer their employees certain forms of birth control. In short, the government will "step in" and cover "the law’s contraception requirements" as yet another taxpayer funded mandate. Also, as opponents charge, it doesn't actually get religious companies out of the birth control business, as they're still the vehicles for the coverage access. If anything, this 'fix' only makes the so called law worse for everyone who pays taxes.[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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