Sentences with phrase «cover contraceptive»

As of August 1, 2013, group health plans established or maintained by certain religious employers, and insurance coverage provided in connection with such plans, are exempt from the requirement to cover contraceptive services.

A regulation adopted by New York in June requires health insurance plans to cover all contraceptive methods as well as a 12 - month supply after an initial three - month supply has been obtained.

What's messed up is that 27 states require insurers that cover prescription drugs to cover contraceptive drugs and devices.

Bob, with the amount of money I have to pay for my insurance plan, it would easily cover contraceptive pills if I still needed them, and that's true for most people who have jobs and insurance.

Obama's accommodation proposes that Church authorities who run hospitals, schools, and other facilities will be entitled to tell their employees that the health care insurance provided by the Church does not cover contraceptives, the «morning after pill,» or sterilization, but that the health insurance company that covers the Catholic institution will be free to contact the employees of that institution and inform them that they are entitled to «free» coverage of these things from the insurance company in question.

Currently, 32 states require insurance plans to cover contraceptives, but 16 of them provide a «conscience exception» for religious employers, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

(Catholic organizations have protested the law's requirement that insurance cover contraceptives; evangelical plaintiffs have more narrowly objected to the list of contraceptives that must be covered, including «emergency contraceptives» that may inhibit uterine implantation.)

Part of that is that the health care provided MUST cover contraceptives.

If the compromise shifts the burden to insurance companies to pay the contraceptive costs and the religious - organization exceptions apply, this still leaves a number of self - insuring employers faced with being forced to purchase plans covering contraceptives.

Ashlin, regardless of your beliefs, the law now requires employers to offer an insurance plan that DOES cover contraceptives.

In Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, No. 13 - 1144, the Third Circuit rejected a religious - based constitutional challenge to the act's provision requiring companies to offer health insurance that covers contraceptives for women.

In a move closely related to Medicaid, a state court permanently enjoined a Montana statute prohibiting the state's Children's Health Insurance Program from covering contraceptives.

But Kaiser Health News said the court's decision did not override state «contraceptive equity» laws that require most employers whose health insurance covers prescription drugs to also cover contraceptives as part of that package.

Not exact matches

[300] In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby the Court ruled that «closely - held» for - profit corporations could be exempt on religious grounds under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act from regulations adopted under the ACA that would have required them to pay for insurance that covered certain contraceptives.

But when it claims that the «free» contraceptive coverage can be afforded by the insurer because «cost - savings» will result from «improvements in women's health and fewer childbirths,» the administration is admitting that the contraception is already being paid for by the employer, if its policy covers childbirth and women's health in general.

So if it's legal for OTHER employers to be required to provide contraceptives (and by the way, I'll bet VIAGRA is covered!)

John Jenkins of Notre Dame and John Garvey of Catholic University, for a missed opportunity to speak the whole truth to power about the proposed new HHS mandate that would force all health insurers to cover abortifacient drugs under the rubric of «contraceptives» in «preventive» health coverage for women.

To make it clear enough for even a progressive to understand: Truly medically necessary uses of contraceptive pills (or any other contraceptive device or procedure) SHOULD be covered for the same reason ALL truly medically necessary procedures should be covered.

Catholic News Agency: Few Catholic colleges freely choose to cover birth control, group says An analysis by the Cardinal Newman Society shows that most Catholic colleges offering contraceptive coverage do so because of a state mandate or medical reasons but not for birth control purposes.

They deserve to be covered for all medical reasons, in this case contraceptives just as you deserve to be covered for the frontal lobotomy that you obviously need.

As a Canadian, it is a pleasure to know that if I need medical attention I will be covered and that my benefits at work cover anything I may need... not the least of which may be contraceptives (and in my case they would not be for the prevention of pregnancy but for maintaining health).

A federal judge denied Hobby Lobby's request for an injunction against the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) contraceptive mandate on Monday, ruling that the arts - and - crafts giant must cover emergency contraceptives in its insurance policies even though it believes the pills cause abortions.

Biola's insurance plan covered FDA - approved contraceptives before April 1, the lawsuit states.

The government mandate covers all forms of FDA approved contraceptives and the administration has said time and again they felt the policy and its exceptions «struck the right balance» on religious freedoms and providing health care for people who need it.

Why can't catholic organizations practice the faith of the church and say that their health insurance plan would not cover abortions and contraceptives?????

By requiring Catholic organizations (such as schools and hospitals) to cover contraception and sterilization does not force anyone to to get contraceptives or to be sterilized, it just means if the employees of these organizations have insurance coverage of contraceptives IF they CHOOSE to use contraceptives or an operation such as a vasectomy or tubal ligation for sterilization.

You however can not hire someone and decide for her if she should use or not contraception, it's your belief, not hers, so as an employer who provides healthcare coverage, you provide the employees with an health care plan that is law abiding, meaning it covers for contraceptives.

The administration was still doing damage control over a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services policy that forces religious schools and institutions that offer employee health insurance to cover FDA - approved contraceptives.

Contraceptives / BC ect should be covered by a persons health insurance, it has nothing to do with the public / tax payers paying for it.

First, the church isn't forced to buy contraceptives — the insurance companies are required to cover them.

In other words, a catholic who does not believe in using contraceptive has to pay additional insurance costs to cover the added benefit of providing contraceptives.

To use contraceptives simply as a cover for unrestrained, sensual sex indulgence is no more Christian within than outside the marriage bond.

«These interim final rules will result in some persons covered in plans of newly exempt entities not receiving coverage or payments for contraceptive services,» the administration stated, estimating that 120,000 women would lose coverage.

It brings up age - appropriate sexuality topics and covers the broad spectrum of sex education, including safe sex, sexually transmitted infections, contraceptives, masturbation, body image, and more.

In a statement, Cuomo pointed to state regulations announced in January that includes cost - free contraceptive services and requires insurers to cover all medically necessary abortions.

The company had argued that the Affordable Care Act's requirement that businesses provide insurance covering employees» contraceptives violated its First Amendment religious rights.

The proposed rules would require state - regulated health insurers to cover abortion and contraceptives without copayments, coinsurance, or deductibles.

For prescription contraceptives, they would require plans to cover an initial three months» supply, followed by a 12 months» supply on subsequent refills.

On the bench, he ruled in favor of the Christian - owned retail chain Hobby Lobby in its case against the Affordable Care Act's requirement that businesses provide insurance covering employees» contraceptives.

It would require insurance plans to cover all FDA - approved contraceptive devices, without co payments or deductibles.

«First - dollar coverage» means that women will not pay anything out - of - pocket for their office visits or contraceptive methods — no copays and no deductibles — because these costs will be covered by health insurance.

Among them was the requirement that most insurers cover all FDA - approved contraceptives without charging women anything out - of - pocket.

On Monday, the HHS reiterated that all 18 FDA - approved contraceptive methods for women must be covered without cost.

Because if it was only the FDA that required you to put in the previsionary / precautionary / ass covering statement about not being used as a contraceptive, surely it wouldn't be included in your European leaflets?

The state is the first to implement such a law, a bold move at a time when many federal and state politicians throughout the country are taking action to restrict women's access to contraception, such as defunding Planned Parenthood — a major provider a family planning health care services in the U.S. — and attempting to block a provision in the Affordable Care Act that mandates health insurance companies cover the cost of contraceptives.

Contraceptives are not covered.

Specifically, plans must cover at least one method in each of the 18 categories of contraceptive methods approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (as prescribed by a healthcare professional), as well as the medical services required to obtain them.

If you're having trouble getting your contraceptives covered without cost - sharing, visit the National Women's Law Center's CoverHer site for assistance.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey is celebrating that New Jersey women are one vote closer to increased access to birth control after an Assembly vote on legislation requiring insurance companies to cover costs for dispensing up to six months of contraceptives at one time.

Under the Affordable Care Act and many components of the Medicaid program, prescribed contraceptive methods must be covered without cost - sharing, such as co-pays or deductibles.