Judge grants exemption for Hobby Lobby in ObamaCare challenge | Fox News.
Hobby Lobby Inc. was given a temporary exemption Friday from a requirement in the new federal health care law to offer insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and similar emergency birth control methods or face steep fines.
But keep in mind…
The company offers 16 other forms of birth control mentioned in the federal health care law in its health insurance plans.
“To offer prescriptions that take life is not an option for us,” said Green, who attended Friday’s hearing with other family members and supporters.
The legal arguments…
Kyle Duncan, Hobby Lobby’s lead attorney, argued that requiring the company to comply with the mandate would be a burden to religious exercise. The U.S. Department of Human Services has granted exemptions from portions of the health care law for plans that cover tens of millions of people and an injunction for Hobby Lobby would be in the public interest and would not burden the government, he said.
The government’s lawyer, Michelle Bennett, urged Heaton to consider the potential harm an injunction might create for Hobby Lobby’s 13,000 employees and members of their families who would be denied coverage for the emergency contraceptives.
Denied coverage but NOT denied access. They do have jobs after all.
Cost is in the $10 to $80/mo range. According to this article, the Plan B one step is available over the counter to all ages.
