Health savings accounts would be free from government control.
It’s fortunate the Supreme Court of the United States saw fit last week to rule that corporations could not be coerced into covering religiously objectionable forms of birth control in their employees’ insurance.
This was a critical ruling, because it indicates that the majority of the Court still thinks religious beliefs and personal choice have a valid place in American society. The margin of the split decision, however, is alarming, because it reminds us of how close we are to having a government that will subject moral convictions to its bureaucratically directed control.
People have legitimate differences of opinion about the appropriateness of various forms of birth control, which is something most reasonable people on both sides of the political ledger understand. However, legally requiring the side opposed to a form of birth control to be financially responsible for its distribution to any employee who wants it is distinctly un-American and abusive to the concept of freedom of religion.
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3 comments:
If corporations can express the personally held beliefs of the owners then the owners should not be allowed exclusion from liability when engaged in commercial activity. You cannot have "corporate personhood" which gives a manufactured entity the rights of citizens while also allowing the same entity to pick and choose which laws it wants to follow. Corporations should not have greater freedoms than the citizens.
HSA accounts still exist, I have one right now that I have had for years. Obamacare didn't change that at all.
"You cannot have "corporate personhood" which gives a manufactured entity the rights of citizens while also allowing the same entity to pick and choose which laws it wants to follow."
Why? Because you proclaim it to be? And your description of the scenario is far from accurate. Questioning the validity of the law is a far cry from 'picking and choosing' laws to follow.
This is a slippery slope you are advocating.
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