Don’t you just love it⁉️ yet another reason for employers to drop or not establish coverage. More incentive for special interest groups to lobby Congress for more “free” health care.
Are we really prepared to leave cost and efficiency decisions to Congress and the bureaucrats? Of course, many people are as long as it means more of anything FREE for them. 😏
Am I the only person who sees the irony in requiring the boss to pay for something that is none of his or her business? I think we have simply lost our ability to exercise common sense while falling prey to the pandering of politicians? Protect women’s health? Better we pay in full for medication that actually does that‼️
The Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act(S. 2578, also referred to colloquially as the “Not My Boss’s Business Act”), introduced by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), expressly stated that “an employer that establishes or maintains a group health plan for its employees (and any covered dependents of such employees) shall not deny coverage of a specific health care item or service with respect to such employees (or dependents) where the coverage of such item or service is required under any provision of Federal law or the regulations promulgated thereunder.”
With a 56-to-43 vote (including three Republicans – Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) – voting in favor), the Senate failed to obtain the 60 votes necessary to invoke cloture and end debate on the measure. Senate Majority Leader changed his vote to “no” prior to the close of the vote, allowing him to bring up the bill later, if he so chooses.
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