Recently, the Obama administration allowed religious affiliated businesses to be exempt from having to cover the cost of birth control in their employer sponsored health insurance plans. It has since become clear that some religious affiliated businesses are self-insured. This could be a problem. Usually, when a business, company, or corporation decides to offer an employer sponsored health insurance plan, it seeks out an insurance company to help make that happen. The employer typically pays a certain amount of money to the insurer for this plan, (and that money often comes from each covered employee’s paycheck). When an employee sees … Continue reading →

There has been a lot of news regarding the requirement that employer sponsored health insurance plans cover the cost of birth control. The Catholic Church has argued that the use of birth control is against their religious beliefs. However, Catholic health insurance plans will cover Viagra. There are many people who consider birth control to be an important part of women’s health care. This is why the Obama administration included several types of women’s health care, including all FDA approved forms of birth control, into the category of preventative care. The Affordable Care Act, and the requirements and laws within … Continue reading →

The USCCB is organizing with Evangelical Christian groups, and other religious groups, to continue the battle against health insurance coverage. Their goal is to allow all businesses, (religious or not), to be allowed to opt-out of covering anything that the business owner has a religious or moral objection to in the health insurance plans that are offered to employees. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is making plans to work with evangelical Christians, and other religious groups, on a public relations campaign. They want to create television and radio ads, and are interested in using social media on the … Continue reading →