Contraceptive mandate still in play; Will Supreme Court punt be returned?

The Supreme Court's decision to send contraceptive mandate challenges back to half a dozen appeals courts will leave the parties in search of a compromise that may be difficult, if not impossible, to find. Some say the high court's decision last week in The Rev. David A. Zubik et al. v. Sy...

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Published inBusiness Insurance Vol. 50; no. 11; p. 1
Main Author Livingston, Shelby
Format Journal Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago Crain Communications, Inc 23.05.2016
Crain Communications, Incorporated
Subjects
Birth control
Contraceptives
Employers
Evaluation
Federal court decisions
Freedom of religion
Health care policy
Health care reform
Health insurance
Insurance coverage
Law firms
Laws, regulations and rules
Nonprofit organizations
Organizational behavior
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
State court decisions
Statistics
Supreme Court decisions
Womens health
United States
United States > US
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Summary:The Supreme Court's decision to send contraceptive mandate challenges back to half a dozen appeals courts will leave the parties in search of a compromise that may be difficult, if not impossible, to find. Some say the high court's decision last week in The Rev. David A. Zubik et al. v. Sylvia Burwell et al., in which it declined to rule on the Affordable Care Act mandate imposed on employers and challenged by religiously affiliated nonprofit organizations, could mean there's a 4-4 split on the merits of case. The court has had eight members since the February death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, and Senate Republicans have vowed to block any nominee by President Barack Obama. The eight-member Supreme Court unanimously told the federal government and religious nonprofits that ideas had been presented to allow them to "resolve any outstanding issues between them" on the accommodation to the health care reform law mandate that requires the nonprofits to notify their insurers, third-party administrators or the government about their objection to providing contraceptive coverage, with the insurers or TPAs then providing the coverage.
ISSN:0007-6864
1557-7791