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Still Sensible

(2,870 posts)
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 03:56 PM Jul 2014

Why won't companies that are not closely held sue

on the basis that it is unfair that they be required to pay for contraceptive treatments under ACA, when their "closely held" competitors in the same businesses do not?

I expect either...

1) Companies will universally be able to opt out of covering contraceptives, or

2) A case brought by non-closely held companies will lead to overturning Hobby Lobby...

With this court, I suggest the former is more likely.

To say the Hobby Lobby decision opens up Pandora's box is an understatement. Other religions have other tenets... against blood transfusions, against mental health treatments, and the like. What if the LDS church claimed their insurance couldn't cover hospital stays where meals are served with coffee or tea? What if a Jewish employer said their insurance wouldn't cover a childbirth where the male child was not to be circumcised?

Slippery slope indeed!

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Why won't companies that are not closely held sue (Original Post) Still Sensible Jul 2014 OP
There's nothing, NOTHING, that is safeguarded against in this terrible Hobby Lobby decision. blkmusclmachine Jul 2014 #1
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