Friday, June 15, 2012

The Catholic Health Association rejects Obama’s HHS accommodation

By Josh Mercer
Catholicvote.org

Even Sister Carol Keehan’s group is saying no to the HHS mandate. The Washington Post reports:
In a letter Friday to the government, the Catholic Health Association says the administration’s proposal to have insurers bear the cost would be “unduly cumbersome” and “unlikely to adequately meet the religious liberty concerns” of its members.
The hospital group was a key ally of Obama’s in the battle to win congressional approval of his health care overhaul, defying the opposition of church bishops. But it does not believe church-affiliated employers should have to provide birth control as a free preventive service, as the law requires.
The letter says the government should either broaden an exemption for religious employers, or pay directly for the birth control coverage.
In politics especially, symbolism reigns. You know what would have been the perfect touch to sending this letter to President Obama?

If Sr. Keehan returned this prize:

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