After Hobby Lobby, These 82 Corporations Could Drop Birth Control Coverage - DailyBeast

[WillyT]

After Hobby Lobby, These 82 Corporations Could Drop Birth Control Coverage
From Notre Dame to manufacturers, dozens of companies were waiting for the Supreme Court’s decision in order to opt-out of Obamacare’s contraception mandate.
Abby Haglage - DailyBeast
6/30/14

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Hobby Lobby is about to get a lot more company.

Monday’s Supreme Court decision in favor of the company and Conestoga Wood of Pennsylvania for refusing to pay for contraception in health insurance affects far more than the 15,000 employees between them. The Supreme Court’s decision allows closely held companies (corporations with more than 50 percent of stock owned by five or fewer individuals) to opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate. There are at least 80 other companies fighting to be the next Hobby Lobby.

Gretchen Borchelt, senior counsel and director of state reproductive health policy for the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), has been following similar cases for the past three years. She calls the Hobby Lobby decision disturbing—not for the least of reasons, how many other corporations it will affect.

“Other closely held companies now have a license to harm their employees in the name of the company’s religion,” she said. “If companies qualify, they can use this decision to make the same claim.”

A number already have....

Below is a full list of pending cases filed by companies, nonprofits, and universities challenging the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate as of June 26. (*= Both Nonprofit + Profit cases):

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More: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/30/after-hobby-lobby-these-77-corporations-will-drop-birth-control-coverage.html

[frazzled]

1. How about getting insurers to charge MORE for no-contraceptive policies?

After all, the costs associated with pregnancy and subsequent child health care far, far exceed the cost of birth control. Extra penalties should be put on policies that don't cover contraceptives just as they are for policies for smokers or older citizens.

[pamela]

10. I definitely think they should!

For all the reasons you stated and more! there are medical conditions treated with contraceptives that also cost way more to treat if contraceptives can't be used. For example, if Endometriosis isn't treated with oral contraceptives the insurance companies will eventually be paying for laparoscopic surgery, infertility treatment, etc.

I think insurance companies would be well within their rights to charge more for any policy that doesn't include contraceptive coverage.

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. I will personally boycott everyone of these corporations.

My top priority as a voter is elect people that will change the makeup of the Supreme Court from religious corporatists.

[Lars39]

3. And it's just not Catholics pushing for this either; Southern Baptists are pushing this hard, too:

http://m.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=42886

[redqueen]

4. Of course they are. They hate women too. nt

[riderinthestorm]

5. Ugh. Birth control is used for more than preventing pregnancy. Its also got medical uses

that have nothing to do with pregnancy.

The Supremes have given legal cover for these corporations to inject themselves between a woman and her doctor because of religion.

It really is that bad.



Thanks for the link Willy

[IggleDoer]

9. Women who have been on the Pill lowered their chances of getting ovarian cancer

A relative of mine just discovered she has the gene mutation that produces ovarian cancer. She just started on the pill to diminish her chances.

I wouldn't wish ovarian cancer on anyone but wouldn't it be karma if a famous RWNJ's wife had a cancer that could have been prevented by the Pill?

[bettyellen]

6. And this is just the beginning...... thank you.We have to take away women's health as a wedge issue

by winning federal protections for women's reproductive heath. That is how you get the American Taliban to sit out elections.

[valerief]

7. Now, they only have to hire men, because "women" (ugh) won't want to work there.

Fuck Eden Foods and the rest of the Christoassholes.

[sybylla]

8. How about the Obama Admin revoking their EEOC status.

...and blocking them from federal contracts as well as government grants of any kind?

Let's see how quickly their "morals" and religion change.

[countryjake]

11. K&R!