College to Stop Students Health Coverage Over Contraception Flap
An evangelical Christian college in suburban Chicago is refusing to buckle under Obamacare's controversial contraception mandate, and Friday stops providing students health insurance.The decision forces about a quarter of Wheaton College's 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students to shop for other plans, the Chicago Tribune reports.Healthcare insurance for faculty and staff is not affected, nor is access to the campus health clinic, officials said.Wheaton College, as well as other Christian nonprofits and businesses such as arts-and-crafts retailer Hobby Lobby, has challenged Obamacare's contraception mandate in court in an attempt to avoid any form of coverage even if the school were not required to pay for the contraception filing a lawsuit in 2012.Wheaton officials argue even if they don't have to cover birth control, other insurers could do so, forcing Wheaton to violate its religious beliefs."We are attempting to protect the larger lawsuit the college has against the Department of Health and Human Services," Paul Chelsen, Wheaton's vice president of student development, said last week during an information session for students, the Tribune reports."The reason protecting that case is so important is because basically what has happened is the government is telling us we have to offer something that we find morally objectionable." http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/659731
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I don't see why women can't get contraception as part of their college experience . That way college becomes training for their later career so they can sleep their way to the top ...
So it's alright that the health insurance for faculty and staff remains in place, but only student coverage with/for contraception is objectionable?
It sounds like your statement is accurate but the students can still get their contraception from the campus health clinic ...
Do you have any idea of which ones are & aren't a violation ?
That's wasmy point, why is it alright for the staff yet not the student?. Presumably staff could use the campus health clinic for the approved contraceptive. Double standard perhaps?
Again, I'm asking WHY the provisions of the ACA are alright for staff yet not in keeping with the Universities standards when the same ACA policies would apply to students???
Am I missing something in the ACA that applies to students but not to the staff? I don't think I am, perhaps I'm wrong and need enlightenment
Thanks for the explanation XXJ .