Hobby Lobby

  • Read more: The Contraceptive Mandate Takes Another Hit  
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    The Contraceptive Mandate Takes Another Hit  

    Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision is notable for both its expansion of religious exemptions, and its casual disregard for the realities of health insurance markets. 

    Image of a pile of contraceptive pills.
  • Read more: Last Year Was A Wild One For Health Law — What’s On The Docket For 2015?
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    Last Year Was A Wild One For Health Law — What’s On The Docket For 2015?

    By Greg Curfman, Holly Fernandez Lynch and I. Glenn Cohen This new blog post by Greg Curfman, Holly Fernandez Lynch and I. Glenn Cohen appears on the Health Affairs Blog: Everywhere we look, we see the tremendous impact of new legal developments—whether regulatory or statutory, federal or state—on health and health care. These topics range from insurance to intellectual…

  • Read more: Contraceptive Mandates and Conscience – All Objections Are Not Equal
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    Contraceptive Mandates and Conscience – All Objections Are Not Equal

    By Jonathan F. Will In the wake of the Hobby Lobby decision, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced on Friday proposed rules regarding exemptions for those objecting to the contraceptive mandate.  Whenever I read about conscientious objections to health care services made by providers, patients, or indeed, employers, I am reminded that…

  • Read more: Waiting for Hobby Lobby–A brief refresher of the issues
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    Waiting for Hobby Lobby–A brief refresher of the issues

    Cross post from healthlawprof blog Jennifer S. Bard Since the likelihood is that many readers of this blog will be asked to comment when the Supreme Court, some time this week, announces its decision in Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialty cases here’s a brief refresher and some links.  The cases are challenges to the…