Health Reform, Preventive Services, and Religious Institutions | The White House<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBeginning in August of 2012, most health insurance plans will cover women's preventive services, including contraception, without a co-pay. Cecilia Mu\u00f1oz, Director of the White House Domestic Policy C…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The official White House page explaining what exactly the contraception coverage mandate (and religious exemptions thereto) mean. The idea that this is somehow a "War on Religion" would be laughable, were it not so outrageous. #ddtb Embedded Link Health Reform, Preventive Services, and Religious Institutions | The White House Beginning in August of 2012, most … Continue reading “Not that I expect this to make any difference”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,134,9],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-25987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-health-care","category-politics-law","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26269,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/10\/yes-please-lets-ramp-up-the-contraception-zaniness-to-12-thanks.html","url_meta":{"origin":25987,"position":0},"title":"Yes, please, let's ramp up the contraception zaniness to 12, thanks","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 10-Feb-12 5:06pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I was wondering when someone would begin to feel some religious compassion for those feeling, breathing, ensoulled insurance companies that might have their personal faiths shaken and God-given religious freedoms offended by having to offer plans that include contraception, or anything else that morally or religiously bothers them.And so I'm\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26151,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/07\/the-contraception-rule-is-the-biggest-non-issue-of-all-time.html","url_meta":{"origin":25987,"position":1},"title":"The contraception rule is the biggest non-issue of all time","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Feb-12 7:14am","format":false,"excerpt":"Which is, of course, why it's getting such dramatic play on the Right, as part of some mythical \"War on Religion.\"So, just to set things straight:First and foremost, under the regulation, churches and religious institutions that employ primarily people of a single religion are exempt from this requirement. Your local\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26260,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/10\/compromise-cave-let-on-contraception-coverage.html","url_meta":{"origin":25987,"position":2},"title":"Compromise Cave-let on Contraception Coverage","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 10-Feb-12 4:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The White House announced it would extend the contraception coverage exemption to religiously-affiliated institutions (like some hospitals and universities), as the US Catholic Bishops have been demanding.On the other hand, supposedly in such cases the insurance companies will be required to offer such free coverage directly to the employees, so\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25614,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/20\/near-universal-contraception-coverage-its-a-good-thing.html","url_meta":{"origin":25987,"position":3},"title":"Near-Universal Contraception Coverage – It's a Good Thing","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 20-Jan-12 10:47am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Obama Administration has, surprisingly, not backed down to a looser requirement, and will mandate most employers cover contraception in their health plans, with no co-pay\/deductible. There will still be an religious dissent exemption for actual churches and religious nonprofits that primarily employ and serve people of a given faith,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26440,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/16\/this-looks-like-mens-work.html","url_meta":{"origin":25987,"position":4},"title":"This looks like men's work!","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Feb-12 10:15am","format":false,"excerpt":"So Darrell Issa is holding a big, important, flashy, politically charged meeting about the Adminstration's contraception mandate and the question of how it may affect religious freedom.And the witnesses testifying? All men. Because, according to Issa, it's not actually about contraception and women's health, but about religious freedom. 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