Most universities will have to cover birth control in their students’ health plans, the Obama administration said Friday.
The Health and Human Services Department said student health plans will be treated like employees’ plans, meaning they will have to comply with new requirements under healthcare reform — including the requirement to provide contraception without charging a copay.
The contraception mandate has sparked intense criticism from some religious groups and Republican lawmakers. They say it violates employers’ religious freedoms by forcing them to provide a service they find immoral.
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WTH is going on?!?! It sounds like the government is preparing everyone for The Big Screw?
ReplyDeleteRead the Parable of the Kosher Deli for an analogy that will make the Catholic position on this clear.
ReplyDeleteThen try to imagine the Obabma administration forcing Moslems jailed for terrorism to eat pork! The religious rights of terrorists would be respected, but those of Catholics are trampled on.
If I am a female student paying for the coverage, why shouldn't I get this basic component of healthcare? This isn't big gov. telling the university to give something for free. It's preventing the university from not providing a product that the enrollee is paying for in premiums and deductibles.
ReplyDeleteHuh? Paying for? You do not pay premiums for services not provided, so since the Catholic plans do not cover contraceptives, you pay no premiums for them. You are free to use your own money for that.
ReplyDeleteInsurance was supposed to be to protect against catastrophic costs, not ordinary costs amounting to less than $100 per year. Other "basic" health care not covered: FOOD, vitamins, water, running shoes, hand weights, etc. etc. etc.
Google "Parable of the Kosher Deli" to read Bishop William Lor's great analogy.