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Cabinet defends insurance coverage of abortions

The government has come out against a proposal by conservative Christian committee calling to suspend mandatory health insurance cover for terminating unwanted pregnancies.

Insurance For All - Germans Can't Fathom U.S. Aversion To Obama's Health Care Reform

In Germany, people are baffled by how hostile a country as religious as the United States can be to the principle of mandatory health-care insurance. Not even conservatives question the system, which businesspeople say gives Europe's largest economy a competitive advantage.

Catholic University Stops Providing Student Health Insurance Over Birth Control Mandate

Franciscan University of Steubenville, a small Catholic university in eastern Ohio, has decided to no longer offer health insurance to its students rather than comply with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) birth control mandate.

Wheaton College opposes health insurance mandate

Wheaton College president Philip Graham Ryken says distinctively Christian institutions are faced with a near and present threat to religious liberty. The Department of Health and Human Services mandates that the insurance plans for religious institutions (except churches) must provide coverage for all government-approved contraceptives. Institutions like Wheaton College would be required to ...

Catholic college drops health plan over contraception mandate

DENVER (Reuters) - A small Catholic college in Ohio said Tuesday it was dropping health insurance coverage for students rather than comply with a federal mandate that the plan provide free birth control. The Franciscan University of Steubenville "will not participate in a plan that requires us to violate the consistent teachings of the Catholic Church on the sacredness of human life," according ...

Franciscan University drops student health insurance plan over birth control mandate, costs

The Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio will drop health insurance coverage for students this fall rather than comply with a federal mandate that its plan provide free birth control.

N.J. Gov. vetoes bill creating health insurance exchange

Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who is often rumored as a possible running mate for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said the state should wait to see how the Supreme Court rules on the federal health law.

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Franciscan University in Ohio drops student health insurance over contraception coverage