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Two days ago the White House said it would not back down from requiring school/hospital compliance. Joel Send a noteboard - 11/02/2012 01:57:50 AM
See the WaPo article below.

And here’s how it works after the compromise: “Our policy is saying that the Catholic hospital doesn’t want to cover contraceptives, and they don’t include that in their policy. It also says that Aetna needs to provide contraceptive services for free to workers in the plan. Aetna sets the premium, but it cannot be higher than it would have been without birth control. The premium does not include contraception.”

And, in the end, that leaves Aetna with the bill. “There is a sort of bank account,” says the official, “and Aetna is sucking it up.”

That sounds good, but the White House says a lot of things; in 2008 Obama said Democrats should nominate him instead of Hillary because his healthcare plan did not carry a public mandate and hers did.

"Aetna sets the premium, but it cannot be higher than it would have been without birth control." Just how are they verifying that? Remember, these are the same people who proudly declared health insurance available to everyone because they removed insurer freedom to deny coverage—WITHOUT establishing the very kind of price restrictions mentioned here, thereby allowing insurers to price people out of the market rather than denying them coverage outright. One of the healthcare "reforms" most critical failings is the near total absence of anything to slow, let alone halt or reverse, the growth in prices. Since they have done a complete 180° on this issue in just 48 hours, I will not believe that statement any more than I believed the last one until they demonstrate its veracity. Talk is cheap; it almost has to be with Obamas policies, because there is nothing to them BUT talk.

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Democrats bailing on Obama - War against the Catholic Church heats up - 09/02/2012 04:03:35 AM 1908 Views
This is not a war on Catholics, it is Obama being an idiot again. - 09/02/2012 04:52:01 AM 935 Views
For someone who used to be a Con Law professor - 10/02/2012 08:23:34 PM 825 Views
Also, kudos for linking to a source, and a fairly non-partisan one as well. - 09/02/2012 01:33:07 PM 1010 Views
I am a non-partisan guy, so I only use unbiased sources! *NM* - 09/02/2012 04:02:50 PM 668 Views
Is there really such a thing? *NM* - 09/02/2012 04:11:30 PM 575 Views
You lost all credibility in the first line of your post. - 09/02/2012 04:49:23 PM 950 Views
The subject line didn't help. *NM* - 09/02/2012 06:04:11 PM 603 Views
But it added some flair to the discussion! *NM* - 09/02/2012 07:46:47 PM 543 Views
You actually think any of us has 'credibility' anymore in regards to neutrality? *NM* - 09/02/2012 06:46:13 PM 557 Views
It's one thing to have a bias. - 09/02/2012 07:28:51 PM 989 Views
Some would say putting a spotlight on it is more honest. *NM* - 09/02/2012 09:34:17 PM 517 Views
Ah, the Rupert Murdoch School of Objectivity. - 09/02/2012 10:15:57 PM 933 Views
Wow, talk about making a supernova out of a couple hydrogen atoms. - 09/02/2012 08:41:44 PM 802 Views
I'm somewhat suprised that Obama blundered this badly. - 10/02/2012 01:40:14 AM 1808 Views
Why? Have you not been paying attention? - 10/02/2012 02:03:43 AM 2257 Views
If I am not satisfied with Romney then my Plan B is to not vote. - 10/02/2012 10:58:34 PM 2298 Views
How does that help anything? Except Romneys election chances, of course. - 11/02/2012 01:08:22 AM 2108 Views
Bullshit. - 11/02/2012 04:29:31 AM 2455 Views
A vote for no one is a vote for more BS. - 11/02/2012 05:55:11 AM 2178 Views
Obama doing this actually impresses me to no end. - 10/02/2012 02:21:10 AM 2350 Views
He is already preparing to cave. - 10/02/2012 02:42:32 AM 2342 Views
Why are you even replying to me? What you said has little meaning to what I said. - 10/02/2012 03:33:27 AM 2123 Views
"And here I thought he was just another politician." - 10/02/2012 01:29:36 PM 2195 Views
Aaaaand you can put your hat back on now: Obama has already caved. - 10/02/2012 04:04:30 PM 2342 Views
No, you don't have to buy it from insurers. You get it for free, just like everyone else will. *NM* - 10/02/2012 09:55:53 PM 1895 Views
"The employees can then buy the coverage directly from an insurer." - 11/02/2012 01:25:52 AM 2349 Views
Then that article is wrong. - 11/02/2012 01:43:40 AM 2291 Views
Two days ago the White House said it would not back down from requiring school/hospital compliance. - 11/02/2012 01:57:50 AM 2271 Views
So in summary... the article you posted was wrong. - 11/02/2012 02:18:00 AM 1831 Views
So Jehovah Witness employers should not have to pay for blood transfusions? - 10/02/2012 03:57:47 AM 903 Views
Not if it conflicts with their religious beliefs. - 10/02/2012 04:20:32 PM 1086 Views
Money is not the same as speech! - 10/02/2012 07:20:56 PM 807 Views
No it isn't Joel, empirically you are dead wrong - 10/02/2012 11:24:19 PM 1058 Views
One last point - 10/02/2012 11:35:25 PM 1151 Views
The federal government forcing private groups to facilitate without committing sin also infringes. - 11/02/2012 01:03:30 AM 922 Views
You argument does not make sense - 11/02/2012 01:26:57 AM 802 Views
It was an analogy, not an equivalency. - 11/02/2012 01:48:14 AM 922 Views
Lets enhance your analogy making it closer to reality - 11/02/2012 02:19:41 AM 1040 Views
Why could I not buy it with my own money? - 11/02/2012 03:46:33 AM 1001 Views
Re: Why could I not buy it with my own money? - 11/02/2012 04:17:17 AM 2222 Views
In other words, I could. - 11/02/2012 04:21:05 AM 733 Views
Some more points - 11/02/2012 02:30:27 AM 1054 Views
Sex is not a necessity either. - 11/02/2012 03:56:51 AM 1016 Views
I can't believe you just said that - 11/02/2012 04:30:12 AM 845 Views
The widespread inability to believe that is deeply worrisome. - 11/02/2012 06:33:01 AM 1010 Views
LMAO due to Obama's compromise (the word compromise should have a in it ) - 11/02/2012 12:12:57 AM 1043 Views
Obama just got two weeks of being portrayed as "anti-church" to the point even Dems complained. - 11/02/2012 02:00:28 AM 971 Views
The polls disagree with you. - 11/02/2012 02:32:59 AM 910 Views
It is an interesting article, but not for the polls. - 11/02/2012 04:18:17 AM 966 Views
I wouldn't put too much into that poll anyway - 11/02/2012 05:37:05 AM 1081 Views
I haven't really heard about it outside of this post, so the negative exposure can't be too bad. - 11/02/2012 05:56:58 PM 778 Views
you have, sort of. - 11/02/2012 08:23:25 PM 1032 Views
I don't think it's quite the laughing matter you think it is - 11/02/2012 12:31:23 PM 963 Views
Nossy that was not Joel, that was me - 11/02/2012 01:56:39 PM 964 Views
I know that. - 11/02/2012 03:23:32 PM 993 Views
Understood. - 11/02/2012 07:51:14 PM 899 Views
mmm... - 11/02/2012 08:20:26 PM 966 Views

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