Contraception "controversy," solved

[kpete]

WED FEB 08, 2012 AT 10:58 PM PST
Contraception "controversy," solved
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Are you a religious organization running a public institution, such as a hospital? Do you want to exclude contraceptives and birth control from the health insurance plans offered to your employees?

Fine: forego federal funding.

That is all.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/09/1063067/-Contraception-controversy-solved?via=siderec

[TheMastersNemesis]

1. Another Idea

Churches pay your fair share. Start paying taxes.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Exactly.

That's the precise solution that occurred independently to my wife & me.


I hope those idiots realize that the majority of practicing catholics support birth control, so their intransigence is cutting the legs out from under their own base of support.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

3. What if they shutter rather than comply?

Hospitals don't build themselves overnight.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Are these hospitals and universities all unionized?

If the Catholic authorities just said "we're withdrawing all healthcare; here's what we used to spend, go and try to fund your own healthcare with that, and blame the government for changing the rules" could the workers effectively resist? Because I think the cardinals are quite capable of using their employees' health as pawns in this political argument. If they can change the benefits, they may well. It's not just a question of "the Catholic authorities will inevitably have to either pay more because of the loss of federal funding, or pay for contraceptive coverage".

[varelse]

5. K&R

[cthulu2016]

6. I don't think that is correct

The requirement is a minimum package of health services that all employers must offer as part of any health insurance package they offer, not relted to federal funding.

[MisterP]

7. also, single payer