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Birth Control Coverage Guaranteed for All — Despite Religious Exemptions
Now, free birth control coverage is guaranteed for all women, no matter where they work. A new rule issued by the Obama administration on Friday affirmed that, even given the religious exemptions provided by the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Burwell v Hobby Lobby ruling last year, all women will still be able to get coverage for all forms of birth control through the Affordable Care Act.
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I don't get it. If companies partially pay for employee's healthcare insurance, and the insurance partially pays for birth control, how is forcing the insurance to provide birth control any different than it has always been?
Semantics to a degree. The employer is no longer directly contributing to the cost of birth control for their employee. The insurance company uses the profit from the policies they sell to purchase birth control and make it part of the mandated free preventive care system.
I'm sure there will be lawsuits as per standard practice.