Federal court says Indiana religious non-profit groups must comply with Obamacare
Source: Reuters
A group of religiously-affiliated non-profit organizations in Indiana must comply with Affordable Care Act’s provision allowing their employees to get insurance coverage for contraception, despite their religious objections.
A divided panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday lifted a lower court order exempting the groups from the law. The non-profits, which include the Saint Anne Home & Retirement Community of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Grace Schools, Biola University and others, sued the federal government in 2012.
The Affordable Care Act requires employers to provide insurance for their employees, including access to contraception and sterilization and other preventative services for women.
It allows religiously affiliated non-profits to opt out of paying for contraception themselves if they notify the federal government of their objection. Insurers are then required to provide the coverage to employees at no extra cost.
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"The non-profits argue that the opt-out process still makes them complicit in providing contraception, which they oppose."
So even if they can opt out, they still object?
I suspect it is more about the evil Socialist Kenyan Gay loving, terrorist pal, black man in the White House being the author. Something that overrides even the Christian-like ideal of helping the poorer in society have access to affordable health insurance. What a twisted f'd up version of Christianity these people have morphed into.
