National Health Care Reform-House Of Representatives-Religious Institutions-Health Insurance Plans

New Hampshire House passes birth control exemption

A vendor displays novelty condoms with the likeness of U.S. Republican presidential nominee McCain and U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Obama during an Obama campaign rally in Las Vegas

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - New Hampshire's Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to exempt religious institutions from having to include contraceptive coverage in health insurance plans. The move was the latest in a national effort by Republicans opposed to provisions of President Obama's 2010 national health care reform law that would require all insurance plans -- even those sponsored by religious institutions -- to provide coverage for birth control pills and other contraception for women. ... read more..

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Religious Institutions-Obama Administration-Contraceptives-Moral Concerns-Free Coverage

Obama administration details contraceptives rule fix

(Reuters) - The Obama administration began laying out its blueprint on Friday for accommodating the moral concerns of religious institutions that oppose its policy of requiring free coverage for women's contraceptives through employer-sponsored health plans. The move came a month after the White House tried to calm a furor among Roman Catholic bishops and other social conservatives by announcing it would not require church-run hospitals, universities and charities to foot the bill for birth control coverage but instead shift the burden to insurers. ... read more..

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Health And Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius-Religious Institutions-American Women

Q&A: Obama and the birth control controversy

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announces the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal. read more..

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Health Insurance Policies-Mandatory Birth Control-Religious Institutions-President Barack Obama

States Should Fight Church Mandatory Birth Control Insurance Coverage

COMMENTARY | Seven states are pushing for blocks on President Barack Obama's mandatory birth control coverage on health insurance policies for employees of religious institutions, says the Associated Press. read more..

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