Obama Tweaks Controversial Health Insurance Mandate
By Pam Adams, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. | |
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Instead, employers with religious objections to contraception will no longer be required to cover birth control for employees. But employees will be able to obtain contraceptives directly from their insurers at no additional cost.
"Religious liberty will be protected, and a law that requires free preventive care will not discriminate against women," the president said Friday in an appearance in the
Initial reactions suggested the
"We're pleased the Obama administration really affirmed its commitment to insuring all women have access to birth control coverage," said
Bishop
The original rule would not have affected the area's largest Catholic employer,
Cardinals and bishops had assailed the original policy in Sunday Masses throughout the country. In a letter read to parishioners in the
Twenty-eight states, including
"People in
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