I am not sure that this particular decision really goes to that - wouldn't the same objections come up under that? And worse because you'd have people complaining that their tax dollars were going to support practices they found offensive?

Bryant

And that it will be a bigger political kerfluffel under single payer - I don't know what's stupid about pointing that out. Do you really expect this issue not to come up under single payer?

Bryant

because of stupid, immature people who dont understand or trust science, but do trust an invisible man in the sky who doesnt exist

However, I think if healthcare came thru single payer, it would be impossible to exclude basic healthcare such as contraception...

too many americans would demand it

War and weapons

For the millionth time. I'll never understand religion or the people who cling to it and use it as an excuse to justify causing pain to other human beings.

Health care benefits are part of an employee's compensation package.

Employers actually add the health care amount to wages to demonstrate to the employee or prospective employee their total compensation. The last one I personally saw do this was a Catholic Hospital.

How can it be decided that an employer can pick and choose a woman's birth control? It's HER compensation. What other demands will an employer be able to make in the future based on this precedent?

This is lunacy!! While I haven't read the whole decision, I understand that Kennedy, at least in part, based his decision on the fact that the Obama administration already allowed the birth control exemption for religious organizations. That logic would open the door for ANY exemption in any legislation. Of course I, among so many others, didn't agree with that exemption to begin with and here we are with its unintended consequences.

What's next? No coverage for AIDS treatment?