Thanks Obama...free birth control for ALL women. Even Hobby Lobby employees

[Sheepshank]

Under the Affordable Care Act, women are entitled to "preventive care and screenings provided ... including all Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved contraceptives, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for women with reproductive capacity, as prescribed by a health care provider."

In other words, health-insurance companies are required to cover the costs of anything falling under the category of "contraceptive services."

Employers providing their workers with health insurance were required to cover the costs of these contraceptive services, too, until the Supreme Court ruled last year in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. that an employer had the right to refuse its female employees coverage if doing so conflicted with its religious beliefs.

[Sheepshank]

1. The link

Free coverage of birth control will now be guaranteed ... - Yahoo News
news.yahoo.com/free-coverage-birth-control-now-172500031.html

[JDPriestly]

2. K&R.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. k&r

[sheshe2]

4. KnR

[stevenleser]

5. That can't be true. I read here on DU that we are swooners and Obama is GOP in sheeps clothing or

something.

[babylonsister]

6. Yea, he sucks. NOT! nt

[stevenleser]

7. Just shows you that what passes here for 'knowledge' and 'facts' among certain groups is anything

but.

[babylonsister]

8. It's DU. And dare I say, Obama? nt

[GummyBearz]

13. Its not true, but not for those reasons

Oral contraceptives are covered by my blue cross plan, but my wife prefers some ring that goes you know where... its not covered. $100 a month for it :/

[rpannier]

9. I wish to throw out the following

To President Obama and the Administration'

I also wish to throw out a and a Fuck You, Kiss My Ass, Go To Hell, etc to Hobby Lobby, AJs Scalia, Thomas and Alito, a smaller Fuck You to Kennedy and Roberts

[Lordquinton]

10. "for women with reproductive capacity"

That is a problematic sentence, but the news is still good.

[bluestateguy]

11. The Hobby Lobby case is more dangerous because of the precedent it set

In practice, the ruling applies to very few companies as per the Affordable Care Act, and the Administration has now devised a work-around so women can get the coverage they need.

More troubling is the precedent that is now set that says that an employer can just wave the religious freedom flag to excuse themselves from laws and rules they object to.

[Sheepshank]

12. You make a great argument for ensuring a Dem POTUS stays in the WH n/t