02-07-2012, 10:57 PM
This is interesting. Many Catholic organizations already cover contraceptives in their health plans because they recognize that it is what their female employees want and need. Just a couple of examples:
"Boston College, the six former Caritas Christi Catholic hospitals in Massachusetts, and other Catholic organizations that are located in one of the 28 states that already require employers to provide contraception benefits could have self-insured or stopped offering prescription drug coverage to avoid the mandate — but didn’t do so. Instead, they — like many Catholic hospitals and health care insurers around the country — chose to meet the needs of the overwhelming majority of Catholic women and offer these much needed services."
And, 98% of Catholic women in the US use birth control.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/02/...nce-plans/
So once again, we have to fabricate a social issue so that Republicans can get outraged about something. Why does it so often have to be women's health? Pick on something else.
"Boston College, the six former Caritas Christi Catholic hospitals in Massachusetts, and other Catholic organizations that are located in one of the 28 states that already require employers to provide contraception benefits could have self-insured or stopped offering prescription drug coverage to avoid the mandate — but didn’t do so. Instead, they — like many Catholic hospitals and health care insurers around the country — chose to meet the needs of the overwhelming majority of Catholic women and offer these much needed services."
And, 98% of Catholic women in the US use birth control.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/02/...nce-plans/
So once again, we have to fabricate a social issue so that Republicans can get outraged about something. Why does it so often have to be women's health? Pick on something else.