The mandate
for free contraceptive coverage was one of the most contested polices under the Affordable Care Act and generated many lawsuits by employers that cited religious objections.
(Women who are denied coverage
for free contraceptives from their Catholic employer, by the way, are not forced to behave immorally.
Not exact matches
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.
I am happy that the writer had the choices that she did... She is also
free to decide whether or not she is a Catholic... She however, took an available medication
for a health problem... most Catholic facilities recognize such health problems and allow
for that treatment... I am completly puzzled, though, that she would not want other Catholics to be able to choose differently than she did...
for those people who wish to use
contraceptive services and medication, options are open to them... I am not Catholic, did not grow up in a faith based family, and don't know whether a God exists or not... However, to leave a relgious group with no option but to contradict its own tenets is an attempt by those who don't believe in those tenents to mock them, certainly, but more to erode them... this seems the aim of many and when those folks operate from inside the government... that intrusion is an overreach of the govenrment...
aside from stepping on religious rights, ask yourself: why did Obama / Siebelius choose
contraceptives to be given away
for free?
Contraceptives will be offered by the insurance companies
for FREE.
In Sweden,
for example, an increase in affordable access to contraception and the presence of
free contraceptive counseling have paralleled a substantial increase in the teen abortion rate.
The insurance company will not provide «
free» coverage
for contraceptives, certainly as time goes by.
If I may say, though, you can get
contraceptives (meaning BAGS full of condoms)
for free at the health dept.. This isn't a good battle - ground.
(CNN)- I don't know yet what I think of the Obama administration's policy of requiring employers, including Catholic ones, to offer
contraceptive services
for free as preventive care.
2) First, many insurance companies have already stated that having to provide the
contraceptives «
for free» will increase premiums paid, by everyone.
(CNN)-- The Obama administration's key Catholic ally on its controversial plan to require health insurers to provide
free contraceptive coverage is dropping support
for the plan, potentially complicating the president's relations with Catholics in an election year.
Groups like Planned Parenthood have been a godsend because they work to educate women on their bodies, provide medical care
for women, and pass out
free contraceptives to these married women who otherwise can't afford to prevent children.
The expansion of state power is justified
for its liberative effects,
freeing women from the oppression of an antiquated institution (its irrelevance was reinforced by frequent citation of the questionable statistic that 98 % of Catholic women use
contraceptives).
As a result, he reports, he has
freed up more family resources
for his daughter, prevented the conversation at home from being dominated by kids, and generally found it easier to be a parent, all out of a spirit of generosity
for the planet (and not the selfishness of the
contraceptive mentality).
Hopefully, there is a
free clinic
for their medical attention near - by, and a Planned Parenthood clinic
for their
contraceptive supplies.
If your religion won't let you provide your employees with
contraceptive care as part of their insurance coverage, then the simple solution is
for these organiztions to provide
free health care, and cash bonuses
for the employees who become pregnant while in their employment.
Under the CCCA, insurance companies would have to provide cost -
free coverage
for at least one type of all FDA - approved
contraceptives, including emergency contraception such as morning - after pills.
Now Limbaugh has stuck his foot in his mouth again as he called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a «slut» and «prostitute»
for backing a plan that would require employers and insurers to provide
free contraceptives, reports the Philadelphia Daily News.
If your
contraceptive has a generic version, your insurance plan can choose to only offer the generic alternative
for free.
On August 1, 2012, Food and Drug Administration - approved
contraceptives became available to women
for free (or without co-pay), and starting in January 2014, this benefit will apply to most private health insurance plans and health insurance plans through the exchanges.