Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Affordable Care Act ==== Of those Americans who have health insurance, most are covered by [[Private Option|employer-sponsored]] health insurance. In 2010, [[United States Congress|Congress]] passed the [[Affordable Care Act]] (ACA), which relies on the [[Health Resources and Services Administration]] (HRSA), part of the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health and Human Services]] (HHS), to specify what kinds of preventive care for women should be covered in certain employer-based health plans. HHS exempted religious employers (churches and their integrated auxiliaries, associations of churches, and any religious order), non-profit organizations that object to any required contraception,<ref>{{cite web|title=High court worsens pain of Obamacare birth-control compromise|website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-health-contraceptives01-20140701,0,3865443.story|access-date=July 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703122917/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-health-contraceptives01-20140701,0,3865443.story|archive-date=July 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> employers providing grandfathered plans (that have not had specific changes before March 23, 2010), and employers with fewer than 50 employees. The HRSA decided that all twenty contraceptives approved by the U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) should be covered.<ref>{{cite web|title=A statement by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius|url=https://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/01/20120120a.html|work=HHS.gov|access-date=March 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702150143/http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/01/20120120a.html|archive-date=July 2, 2014}}</ref> Companies that refuse are fined $100 per individual per day,<ref name=CNN>{{cite news|last=Mears|first=Bill|title=Justices to hear 'Hobby Lobby' case on Obamacare birth control rule|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/21/politics/scotus-obamacare-contraception-mandate/|access-date=March 25, 2014|newspaper=CNN|date=March 23, 2014|archive-date=March 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325131329/http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/21/politics/scotus-obamacare-contraception-mandate|url-status=live}}</ref> or they can replace their health coverage with higher wages and a calibrated tax. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page