Women can't get contraception via their health coverage

[BigmanPigman]

SCOTUS just said. This sucks! Now you have to get your employer's permission to allow you to get birth control. Your employer!

Next they will kill the ACA? Or will this make the ACA more popular.

"The ruling was victory for the administration's plan to greatly expand the kinds of employers who can cite religious or moral objections in declining to include contraceptives in their health care plans. Up to 126,000 women nationwide would lose birth control coverage under the plan, the government estimated. Planned Parenthood said nearly nine in 10 women seek contraceptive care of some kind during their lifetimes."

"Since Congress passed Obamacare in 2010, the issue of which employers can decline offer contraceptive coverage has remained highly controversial."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-okays-trump-plan-limit-contraceptive-coverage-n1232339

[MoonRiver]

1. 4 more months!

[Ohiogal]

4. But Biden cannot reverse a SCOTUS decision .....

[Demsrule86]

18. What decision? And the ACA can provide birth control and do not need employer

permission nor will a public option.

[hedda_foil]

17. This ONLY applies to women working for companies with religious or moral objections.

It sucks but it's not a blanket denial. Posting here to make sure people read this.

[Demsrule86]

19. Thanks and it has been that way since the Hobby Lobby decision. There are

alternatives to employer insurance...starting in 2021 when we reform the ACA. A public option will allow women to obtain birth control coverage.

[ismnotwasm]

23. Yeah this court seems to follow precedent

[jimfields33]

21. 7-2 decision

[spanone]

2. written by clarence thomas

[gollygee]

3. I hate them all

My birth control is nobody else's business. Except my husband's, and only because I choose to make it his business.

[Ohiogal]

5. Totally agree.

They can’t even wear a goddam mask without screaming about “my body, my choice” yet it’s OK to deny women contraceptives ....

Despicable.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Just a tad hypocritical...isn't it?

[ananda]

8. Especially since four SCOTUS members are..

.. walking advertisements for birth control.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Sure wish tRump's mommy thought of that.

[RussBLib]

7. Deceptive OP title

Women in the ACA CAN get contraception if their employer allows it. If the employer does not, they cannot, which is really stupid. This decision will have to be countered by bolstering the ACA.

[Ohiogal]

10. So

In other words, women need permission from their employers to get birth control coverage.

It’s infuriating!

[RussBLib]

28. yeah

That's certainly bad enough, if you as a female happen to work for a religious org. The kicker, to me, is that those employers are not even providing the health care to those women. The women are on the ACA. Those employers, presumably religious employers, are not funding anything about their healthcare, so what the hell right do they have to dictate what women do with their own healthcare, that the individuals are paying for?

Oh, yeah.......religion again.

[Ohiogal]

29. Yep.

Like I said, it’s infuriating!

[BigmanPigman]

11. I'll add that. I just heard it on the CNN

discussion.

[Demsrule86]

22. That is not true...their employee plays no part if a woman is using the ACA...

The issue is if you can get insurance through work, you can't get subsidies...once the ACA is reformed where anyone can choose the ACA and receive subsides and a public option is in place, this ruling will be meaningless. But since hobby lobby, it has been this way...and shows us what happens when some who claims to share our party or are views don't vote blue. Imagine if Hillary had been elected.

[leftyladyfrommo]

12. Can men get Viagra? nt

[BigmanPigman]

15. They will give you a whole song and dance if you mention that little fact.

They'll say that's "apples and oranges", blah, blah, blah.....

[bluestarone]

13. Now look for the INSURANCE co. to

REFUSE also! Then what?

[Demsrule86]

25. They can't actually the GOP was not able to change this...and pregnancy is

more expensive than contraceptives for Insurance.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

14. No, that's not what they said. NT

[Demsrule86]

16. When did they say that?

[BigmanPigman]

20. It just came down this morning.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-okays-trump-plan-limit-contraceptive-coverage-n1232339

[Demsrule86]

24. It has been this way since Hobby Lobby

for religious institutions...reform of the ACA will be the fix.

[RT Atlanta]

26. Are boner pills still covered?

This decision sux for all of my sisters out there and I am sorry in advance for the additional shit you will have to deal with for your own personal healthcare choices.

Back to boner pills, those fucking things shouldnt be covered either. Period.

[PTWB]

27. Congress should pass a health care plan for birth control

That is single payer and open to all. It would be a great way to get started with single payer (limited to birth control) and would open the door to future expansion of the program.

We have to win in November.