MEDICAL: PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH: BIRTH CONTROL AND CONTRACEPTION : MEDICAL: HOSPITAL : MEDICAL: INSURANCE: Obama Shifts on Birth Control
David P. Dillard
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MEDICAL: PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH: BIRTH CONTROL AND CONTRACEPTION :
MEDICAL: HOSPITAL :
MEDICAL: INSURANCE:
Obama Shifts on Birth Control
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Obama Shifts on Birth Control
The move affects those with religious-linked employers.
By Christi Parsons, Kathleen Hennessey, and Noam N. Levey
Tribune Washington Bureau
Posted: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 3:01 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/139167529.html
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WASHINGTON - For days, President Obama had been hammered over a regulation
in the health-care law that required religiously affiliated hospitals,
charities, and universities to provide birth control for their female
employees even if that conflicted with church teachings.
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On Friday, he tried to end the debate with what he called an
"accommodation." The employees still will be offered free birth-control
coverage, but the benefit will come directly from their insurers, and no
religious groups' money will be used.
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The question now is whether the maneuver will tamp down the political fire
and allow Obama to refocus public attention and his reelection drive on
the more favorable news coming from the economy.
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He appeared to have made progress, winning over the Catholic hospital
association and Catholic Charities - although not the nation's bishops -
and reassuring wavering Democrats while keeping the support of groups such
as Planned Parenthood.
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Under the new plan, administration officials believe insurers will comply
because the coverage may not actually cost them anything. Evidence
suggests providing birth-control coverage reduces overall costs for health
plans because birth control is much cheaper than pregnancy, according to
administration officials and some health-industry analysts.
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The fact that the compromise had not been proposed earlier angered the
president, who felt let down by his staff, officials said. Obama waded
into the details of the dispute himself and personally crafted the
solution, according to a Democratic official who spoke on condition of
anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.
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From the beginning, the fight over the requirement that all health plans
offer free birth-control coverage was animated by politics, deeply held
beliefs, and the personalities of the people involved. Several prominent
members of the president's team, including Health and Human Services
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, argued
strongly for the president's commitment to make contraceptives available
to everyone.
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