Second Catholic university may drop health insurance (Remember 'If you like it, you can keep it'?)
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On the heels of the decision by Franciscan University to dump their health insurance due to the combined effects of the HHS mandate and escalating costs, Fox News reports that a second Catholic university may opt to cancel their insurance coverage. For Ave Maria University in Florida, the issue appears to mainly be about the costs: Like Franciscan University, the Steubenville, Ohio, school that just announced it is dropping student coverage. Ave Maria officials are opposed to the so-called contraceptive coverage mandate. But for both schools, premium costs associated with new coverage requirements appear to be fueling their anxiety.“We’re studying...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 09:41:53 PM
Bishops reject softened birth control rule
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Roman Catholic bishops are rejecting the Obama administration's plan to accommodate faith groups that object to the birth control mandate. The bishops said in a statement Tuesday to Health and Human Services that the prospective new rules don't do enough to protect religious liberty. The mandate requires employers to provide health insurance that includes birth control for workers. The plan sparked protests from faith leaders because it included most religious nonprofits such as hospitals and colleges. President Barack Obama offered a compromise. He said insurers would bear the cost of the birth control instead of religious employers....
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 09:41:53 PM
Report says 230,000 unemployed losing benefits over weekend
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Report says 230,000 unemployed losing benefits over weekendBy Vicki Needham - 05/13/12 06:24 PM ET More than 230,000 unemployed workers will lose their jobless benefits this weekend as portions of federal programs expire across several states. All told, 409,300 long-term unemployed Americans in 27 states will have lost upward of 20 weeks of federal unemployment benefits by this past Saturday, even as the many state jobless rates remain high, according to a new analysis by the National Employment Law Project (NELP). The latest batch of cuts affects 236,300 unemployed people in eight states — California (11%), Texas (7%) Pennsylvania (7.5%),...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 09:41:53 PM
Dem: Gov. Christie angling for VP nod with healthcare veto (Commiecare™ insurance exchange)
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Dem: Gov. Christie angling for VP nod with healthcare vetoBy Sam Baker - 05/11/12 09:50 AM ET Democrats say New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was simply angling for the GOP’s vice presidential nomination when he vetoed a bill to implement part of President Obama’s healthcare law. Christie vetoed legislation Thursday to create an insurance exchange — a new marketplace for consumers to compare and buy healthcare coverage. The Affordable Care Act directs each state to establish an exchange by 2014. “This was very clearly a message to Mitt Romney saying, ‘Pick me, pick me,’ ” Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) said...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 09:41:53 PM
Union Ignores Reality In Complaints About Health Care Cost Increases
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The president of the state’s largest public school union pointed out in a recent newspaper article that a teacher will soon be paying $8,000 a year for his or her own insurance. Yet the union itself is a major reason the teacher is facing higher out-of-pocket expenses, says one education expert. Insurance coverage is negotiated in union contracts and some districts are switching out of the more expensive union-backed Michigan Education Special Services Association plan to plans with less costly coverage — and saving their employees money. In a recent Detroit News op-ed, MEA President Steven Cook said that a...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 09:41:53 PM
Yes, the Health-Care Mandate Is About Liberty
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Yes, the Health-Care Mandate Is About LibertyLink only. Bloomberg probably got tired of having their pants pulled down over their shoddy shell-game logic by alert FReepers.
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 09:41:53 PM
Catholic church to battle Obama Administration
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The federal Department of Health and Human Services ignited a political firestorm in January that’s still smoldering when it declared institutions of the Catholic Church would have to include coverage of contraception, sterilization and abortifacients in their employee insurance policies. Most Americans initially backed the church in its contention that the HHS requirement, conjured out of the Affordable Care Act, violated the constitutional guarantee of religious liberty by forcing the church to provide drugs and services that run counter to its moral teachings. So the Obama administration engaged in a sleight-of-hand by declaring a “compromise” in which the insurance companies,...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 09:41:53 PM
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