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Trading Rights for Protections; Corporations protect fortunes
Topic Started: Mar 26 2014, 09:10 AM (402 Views)
Pat
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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/03/25/Obamacare-Abortion-Mandate-on-the-Ropes-at-Supreme-Court

In one sentence, Justice Anthony Kennedy signaled he may vote to strike down Obamacare’s so-called “abortion mandate,” suggesting he may form the crucial swing vote in delivering a body blow to the president's signature legislative achievement.
“What kind of a constitutional structure do we have if Congress can give an agency the power to grant or not grant a religious exemption based on what the agency determined?” Kennedy asked.

It's a question that cuts to the core of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius, two consolidated cases over whether the government can force a private business to provide “preventive care” that includes 24 forms of birth control, four of which can cause an abortion.
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Berton
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In the Hobby Lobby case, religious freedom – our first and oldest liberty – is being “balanced” against a “right” created, historically speaking, mere moments ago, a “right” to free contraceptives. Can people not go to the drug store and purchase those drugs or products themselves?

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colo_crawdad
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I think that Pat proposed the best answer; the use of "flex dollars" in benefits that would allow employees to purchase their own health insurance.
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Would that open up Hobby Lobby up to fines?

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colo_crawdad
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I don't think so.
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Berton
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I think it is $2000 per employee per year.

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colo_crawdad
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I think that Hobby Lobby would still be providing insurance of its employees. The employees might have to file with Hobby Lobby what insurance policy they had purchased with the flex dollars. In fact, in the School District in which I worked for so many years, the District provided flex dollars for us to purchase insurance. We made our choice and the
district paid the money to the insurance company. Nothing wrong with allowing employees to make choices in the expenditures of their earned benefits. Personal choice is good. Right?
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Berton
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Any company with over 50 employees must provided insurance or be fined $2000 per person per year is the way I understand it.


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colo_crawdad
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And providing flex dollars as benefits to purchase insurance accomplishes two things. One, the company has provided health insurance and, two, individuals have a choice. Isn't individual choice a good thing?
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But that is not what the law provides. Don't you want the law to be followed?

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