The Supreme Court’s opinion Monday holding that some for-profit firms do not have to provide women the contraceptive coverage required under the Affordable Care Act if they have religious objections addressed only half of the ongoing legal battle over the birth control mandate. But those on both sides of the issue think the court’s majority […]
The Supreme Court’s decision Monday saying that “closely held corporations” do not have to abide by the contraceptive coverage mandate in the Affordable Care Act may not give those firms the ability to stop providing that coverage after all. More than half the states have “contraceptive equity” laws on the books that require most employers […]
Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences.
Remember how Hobby Lobby got the courts to allow them exemption from providing contraceptive coverage on religious grounds? Yesterday, the Obama administration made a request to the U.S. Supreme Court: make a decision regarding contraception coverage under Obamacare. Reuters reports Obama specifically wants the Hobby Lobby decision made in Denver reversed. “It’s no different from […]