The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a challenge to part of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law by companies claiming a religious exemption to the requirement that they provide birth control coverage for employees. The justices said today they will …
A requirement of President Barack Obama’s health-care law that group insurance plans cover contraceptives was ordered blocked by a federal appeals court, the first such ban on enforcement of the mandate. The 2-1 decision by a U.S. Court of Appeals …
A divided federal appeals court on Friday rejected a Pennsylvania cabinet maker’s religion-based challenge to the 2010 healthcare law’s requirement that larger companies provide workers with health insurance covering birth control. The decision created a split among federal appeals courts, …
The Obama administration on Friday issued its final rule requiring health insurance coverage of contraceptives for the employees of religiously affiliated universities, hospitals and other institutions, just as the new policy faces mounting legal challenges. Officials said the rule does …
Arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby may be entitled to an exemption from a requirement in President Barack Obama’s 2010 healthcare overhaul to include free contraception coverage in its employee health insurance plans, a federal appeals court ruled this week. …
A federal appeals court has granted Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby’s request for the entire court to hear its challenge of a federal requirement that it provide insurance coverage for the morning-after pill and similar emergency contraceptives. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court …
An Indiana company has won temporary court relief from having to provide its employees with coverage for contraceptives and other birth-control procedures, as mandated under the 2010 healthcare overhaul. By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit …
The Obama administration on Friday sought to settle a dispute with religious leaders over whether employees at faith-affiliated universities, hospitals and other institutions should have access to health insurance coverage for contraceptives. The new set of proposals would instead guarantee …
A divided federal appeals court has temporarily barred the U.S. government from requiring an Illinois company to obtain insurance coverage for contraceptives, as mandated under the 2010 healthcare overhaul, after the owners objected on religious grounds. More than 40 lawsuits …
