From the RGJ: They defied the bishops to support President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Now Catholic hospitals are dismayed the law may force them to cover birth control free of charge to their employees.
A provision in the law expanded preventive health-care benefits for women, and the administration said last week that must include birth control with no copays. The Catholic Health Association says a proposed conscience exemption is so narrowly written it would apply only to houses of worship. Some other religious-based organizations agree.
“I call this the parish housekeeper exemption — that’s about all it covers,” said Sister Carol Keehan, president of the 600-member umbrella group for Catholic hospitals. “What we are trying to do is make workable the conscience protection the administration says it is willing to give.”
Most Catholic hospitals do not cover birth control for their employees, Keehan said, but in some cases they are required to by state law. Doctors caring for patients at the hospitals are not restricted from prescribing birth control.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20110807/NEWS12/110807003/Religious-groups-object-covering-birth-control-?odyssey=tabtopnewstextFRONTPAGE
The Catholics hospitals decided to dance with the devil (s), Obama, Reid and Pelosi when they were trying to pass Obama Care and now, the same hospitals are just shocked that Obama Care will make the hospitals doing something against their beliefs.
I think the policy of mandating medical services without a co-pay is wrong, but I have no sympathy for the Catholic hospitals because they decided to dance with the devil and helped get Obama Care passed. Wait until the hospitals are mandated to provide abortions at no cost.
Reminds me of this song:
What does Obama and Mitch Ryde have in common?
Both are 1 hit wonders.
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