Posted on 01/20/2012 11:07:34 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Most healthcare plans will be required to cover birth control without charging co-pays or deductibles starting Aug. 1, the Obama administration announced Friday.
The final regulation retains the approach federal health officials proposed last summer, despite the deluge of complaints from religious groups and congressional Republicans that has poured in since then. Churches, synagogues and other houses of worship are exempt from the requirement, but religious-affiliated hospitals and universities only get a one-year delay and must comply by Aug. 1, 2013.
“This decision was made after very careful consideration, including the important concerns some have raised about religious liberty,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement. “I believe this proposal strikes the appropriate balance between respecting religious freedom and increasing access to important preventive services."
Congressional Republicans slammed the decision as an assault on religious freedom.
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Viagra lowers blood pressure, shouldn’t cause a heart attack,,, except possibly among women!
Viagra lowers blood pressure, shouldn’t cause a heart attack,,, except possibly among women!
Help me out here cause I been reading this all day from various sources....
....so the new Obamacare will require health insurers to offer birth control with NO co-pays?
Forget the various religious objections to this issue for a moment. What I wonder is why does she who takes birth control get to avoid a deductible while me who takes medicine for diabetes and cholesterol must pay a deductible?
Isn’t this pandering to Obamer’s voters just a bit too obvious?
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