So she/he gets the contraceptives covered, just not by the employer, but by the employer's insurance company.

Right, too. It wasn't until I read the NYT story and the paper's approving editorial that I breathed more easily.

This is good. It takes the religious liberty issue somewhat off the table but not of course completely, if you read the rest of the article.

Obama can say the say is blue and the religious crazy and right will say no way its pink. I just hope people will open their mind and vote dem or indep come 2014 and 2016.

Just curious and wanting to know.

Catholic hospitals employee health insurance does not cover birth control.

I used to work at a Catholic hospital.

So the coverage is there.

Let the insurance companies complain to their clients about the two policies.

Wheaton College in IL.

ten steps back, for women. This makes me sick.

Calm down.

Before I read the message of your post I was going to reply with a thank you. I had, in fact, heard more about the details after my original response.

But, calm down? I hope it was not your intent to be as condescending as it appears.

have to provide coverage for bc, anyway.

insurers. The rules allow for expansion from houses of worship to primarily religious institutions. Employees would have bc covered directly by the insurance companies, not the insurer.

Why would you post such an incomplete article?

And yet another white flag is raised in surrender...but I guess it evens out as long as those religious affiliated hospitals, charities and schools are still prevented from bigoted hiring practices!

"Female employees could get free contraceptive coverage through a separate plan that would be provided by a health insurer. Institutions objecting to the coverage would not pay for the contraceptives.

Insurance companies would bear the cost of providing the separate coverage, with the possibility of recouping the costs through lower health care expenses resulting in part from fewer births."

full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/us/politics/white-house-proposes-compromise-on-contraception-coverage.html?_r=0

I'm not sure how this is the white flag of surrender as much as it is getting a solution which sounds workable.

As long as it isn't of a criminal sort, of course.
Which brings to point - instead of forcing Catholics to provide this silly coverage that a simple trip to a free clinic can solve, and violating rights -
Use those resources instead to investigate all the sex crimes against minors in Catholic settings over the years.
This birth control free for all now everyone must participate! or bust is silly.

"The Obama administration released new HHS mandate rules today that attempt to expand the number of religious groups that can opt out of the pro-abortion mandate — but that leaves religiously-run companies like Hobby Lobby out in the cold. Pro-life advocates oppose the mandate because it forces religious groups to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions."


More at this link:

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/02/01/new-hhs-mandate-rules-force-hobby-lobby-any-religious-biz-to-comply/


Am I reading this correctly in that this is a partial victory in that private employers like Hobby Lobby will have to cover birth control?