Spoke too soon

[snousle]

Oh great, the Blunt Amendment, as I understand it, will indeed allow ANY employer to avoid covering ANY procedure that violates their religious "conscience". Since the amendment uses very general language, that presumably includes blood transfusions and organ transplants, if your employer happens to be a Jehovah's Witness.

So I guess we have our answer?

Comments

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

Sheesh. We really need to separate medical insurance from employment.

[come-to-think.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear! That silly arrangement, which I gather started as a regulatory dodge during W.W. II, has nothing to recommend it.