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...Obama's HHS 'accommodation'
BIG NEWS: CHA tells HHS NG on Accommo UPDATED
heard the sound of E.J. Dionne screaming and ran to the headlines to see what had happened!
Continued- In stunning reversal, CHA president Sister Carol Keehan withdraws support for Obama's HHS 'accommodation'...
BIG NEWS: CHA tells HHS NG on Accommo UPDATED
heard the sound of E.J. Dionne screaming and ran to the headlines to see what had happened!
Sharpening an election-year confrontation over religious freedom and government health insurance rules, the nations Catholic hospitals on Friday rejected President Barack Obamas compromise for providing birth control coverage to their women employees.
The Catholic Health Association was a key ally in Obamas health care overhaul, defying opposition from church bishops to help the president win approval in Congress. But the group said Friday it does not believe church-affiliated employers should have to provide birth control as a free preventive service, as the law now requires.
The Catholic Health Association was a key ally in Obamas health care overhaul, defying opposition from church bishops to help the president win approval in Congress. But the group said Friday it does not believe church-affiliated employers should have to provide birth control as a free preventive service, as the law now requires.
Honestly, at first I thought I must have misread the copy, but Deacon Greg confirmed, its for real, quoting:
In a letter to the federal Health and Human Services department, the hospital group said the compromise initially seemed to be a good first step but that examination of the details proved disappointing. The plan would be unduly cumbersome to carry out and unlikely to adequately meet the religious liberty concerns of all its members, the group said.This is, as the Deac says, big news.. If it seems written in benign fashion by the WaPo, and dropped late on a Friday in summer, Rocco Palmo explains why:
Continued- In stunning reversal, CHA president Sister Carol Keehan withdraws support for Obama's HHS 'accommodation'...