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OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 01:30 PM Jun 2014

Hobby Lobby Ruling Means Little To 9 In 10 Employers Already Providing Contraceptive Coverage

At least there is this.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2014/06/30/scotus-hobby-lobby-ruling-means-little-to-9-in-10-employers-already-providing-contraceptive-coverage/

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Though the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate is a victory for two family-owned companies that said the law violated their religious freedoms, it’s unlikely to change what most companies have paid for for years.

Even before the mandate under the Affordable Care Act kicked in, nearly 90 percent of U.S. employers – large and small – covered contraception. And very few, or 12 percent, had some kind of limit on contraceptive coverage, according to a study of 779 employers by benefits consultancy Mercer in March of 2011.

Contraceptives were covered by 88 percent of respondents with “little variation in prevalence by employer size,” Mercer said.

“Only 12% of those providing coverage placed any type of limit on the coverage in 2010,” the Mercer report said. “None of the respondents with limits chose to drop coverage in 2011. While 10% dropped the use of coverage limits in 2011, most (90%) made no changes.”

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Hobby Lobby Ruling Means Little To 9 In 10 Employers Already Providing Contraceptive Coverage (Original Post) OKNancy Jun 2014 OP
Ridiculous (Forbes article not you OKNancy) Justice Jun 2014 #1
That IS good news...n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2014 #2

Justice

(7,185 posts)
1. Ridiculous (Forbes article not you OKNancy)
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 01:37 PM
Jun 2014

The time to ask that question is now and for the next year as plans are renewed and coverage discussed.

Hobby Lobby's plans provided these coverage before the ACA. They only challenged the ACA when a DC lobbyist called them up and asked them to do so. Many other employers have challenged the mandate also. Many were waiting for the HL decision - and I bet we will see the coverage dropped from lots of plans.
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