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Contraception Coverage
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Religion Clause
9th Circuit: Church Lacks Standing to Challenge Washington’s Health Insurance Coverage Requirements
In Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland, Washington v. Kreidler, (9th Cir., March 6, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision held that a church…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Affordable Care Act Proposed Rule Would Broaden Access to Over-the-Counter Contraception Without Cost Sharing
By Publisher
Quick Hits Proposed rules issued by the DOL, HHS, and Treasury are designed to increase coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives, such as condoms, spermicides, and emergency contraception, without a prescription. If…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Federal Agencies Propose Recission of ACA Moral Exemption Rule
By Anne Hall
Three federal agencies – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Treasury Department, and the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) – jointly published proposed…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Agencies Issue Guidance Regarding Contraception Coverage Requirements
By Anne Hall
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 54 concerning contraception…
Religion Clause
HRSA Wrongly Eliminated Required Insurance Coverage For Natural Family Planning Methods
In Tice-Harouff v. Johnson, (ED TX, Aug. 12, 2022), a Texas federal district court held that changes in the language of federal regulations specifying the required cost-free contraceptive coverage by qualified…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
HHS, DOL, and Treasury Give Employer-Sponsored Health Plans Another Warning on Providing Contraceptive Coverage
Carmody @ Work
SCOTUS Expands Exemptions to ACA Contraceptive Mandate For Employers With Moral or Religious Oppositions
By Alan H. Bowie, Jr., Nick Zaino, Mark Williams
On July 8, 2020, the United States Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) held in a 7-2 decision that employers may exclude birth control from their health care plans if they have moral…
Zalma on Insurance
Insurance Created by Government Needs Nine Years of Court Decisions to Make Sense
By Barry Zalma
The Little Sisters of The Poor Establish Why Government Should Not Be Involved in Insurance The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Obama Care or the ACA), an…
The Benefit of Benefits
Supremes Look At Little Sisters Again-Uphold Trump Administration on ACA Birth Control Exception
By Scott E. Galbreath, J.D., LL.M (Tax)
One of my all time favorite guitarists is Stevie Ray Vaughn, who died way too young. Stevie sang a song titled "Look at Little Sister" which I am reminded of…
Religion Clause
Claims Against Notre Dame and Feds Over Contraceptive Coverage Move Ahead
Irish 4 Reproductive Health v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, (ND IN, Jan. 16, 2020), is the latest installment in the dispute over the extent to which Notre…