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\nAren\u2019t all of the expenses of an insurance company ultimately and necessarily passed on to the customers?\n

And isn\u2019t the result exactly the same apart from the moral casuistry of trying to shuffle around the responsibility?<\/p>\n

And the administration isn\u2019t saying\u00a0 how this would work with institutions, such as many non-profits, that are self-insured, in which employers collect premiums but then pay for employee health expenses themselves.<\/p>\n

The Roman Catholic bishops<\/a> note other problems:\u00a0 The government\u2019s apparent dispensations apply only to non-profit organizations.\u00a0 A Catholic or other pro-life business owner would still have to directly provide free abortion pills and contraceptives, which would mean for the Catholic, being forced by law to be complicit in a grave sin.<\/p>\n

Because of earlier H.H.S. machinations, the Morning After pill is now available over the counter<\/em>.\u00a0 What insurance plans cover non-prescription medication?\u00a0 Your health insurance won\u2019t pay for a bottle of aspirin or Nyquil.\u00a0 And yet the Obama administration is insisting that this over-the-counter medication be covered free of charge, without even a deductible.\u00a0 The agenda here is clearly that of pro-abortion fanaticism.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"