A Catholic university in Ohio said Tuesday it is being forced to end a student health insurance program over increased costs it claims are associated with President Obama’s contraception mandate and other provisions of the health care overhaul.
Franciscan University in Steubensville, Ohio, said it has so far excluded contraceptive services and products from its health insurance policy for students and will not participate in a plan that “requires us to violate the consistent teachings of the Catholic Church on the sacredness of human life.”
A university official told Fox News Radio the students’ basic $600 policy was going to double in cost in the fall and triple next year and that the school’s insurance provider said the increases were the result of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The school cited the contraception mandate, but also a requirement that the maximum coverage amount be increased to $100,000 for policyholders.
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5 comments:
I call BS
Don't forget our amazing president said that "if you like your present insurance you can keep it". He doesn't know what the truth is. I don't believe anything he says. I can't wait until November and he loses in a landslide.
the first rolling snowflakes in an avalanche.
Since students can stay on their parents until they are 26 the schools don't need to offer it. Maybe that is the reality of situation, seems like a plus because of health reform.
The students paid the premium so what was the problem? Catholic smoke and mirrors.
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