Showing posts with label Health Insurance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health Insurance. Show all posts
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Suit Challenges Illinois Requirements for Insurance Policies to Cover Abortions

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Suit was filed yesterday in an Illinois federal district court challenging on both constitutional and federal statutory grounds Illinois sta...
Wednesday, October 02, 2024

Organization Did Not Show That Its Anti-Abortion Views Are Religious Beliefs

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In Oregon Right to Life v. Stolfi ,  (D OR, Sept. 30, 2024), an Oregon federal district court refused to issue a preliminary injunction agai...
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Supreme Court Review Sought for NY Health Insurance Abortion Coverage Mandate

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 A petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany v. Harris,  (Su...
Sunday, July 07, 2024

Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Required Equal Insurance Coverage and Access for Gender Detransitioning

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On June 18, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed ( full text of veto letter ) vetoed Senate Bill 1151 ( full text ) that would have required ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

New York's Top Court Says That Religious Employer Exemption from Abortion Coverage Mandate Is Not Too Narrow

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In  Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany v Vullo ,  (NY Ct. App., May 21, 2024), New York's highest appellate court rejected a claim that th...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024

11th Circuit: Excluding Sex Change Surgery from Health Plan Violates Title VII

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 In Lange v. Houston County, Georgia , (11th Cir., May 13, 2024), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision held that an empl...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Tennessee Legislature Passes Healthcare Sharing Ministries Exemption

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Yesterday the Tennessee legislature took the final procedural steps needed to send HB 1163, Healthcare Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share ...
Sunday, October 15, 2023

State May Regulate Health Care Sharing Ministries

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In Gospel Light Mennonite Church Medical Aid Plan v. New Mexico Office of the Superintendent of Insurance ,  (D NM, Oct. 13, 2023), a New Me...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

MD Supreme Court: State Law Sex Discrimination Ban Does Not Include Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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In Doe v. Catholic Relief Services ,  (MD Sup. Ct., Aug. 14, 2023), the Maryland Supreme Court, responding to certified questions from a fed...
Thursday, July 27, 2023

Conscience Clause in Health Insurance Mandate Does Not Violate Church's Free Exercise

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In Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland, Washington v. Kreidler ,  (WD WA, July 25, 2023), a Washington federal district court dismissed a...
Friday, December 16, 2022

Suit Challenges Exclusion of Gender Transition Care From Health Insurance Policies

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Suit was filed this week in a Georgia federal district court challenging under Title VII and Title IX the exclusion from certain state of Ge...
Sunday, December 11, 2022

8th Circuit Affirms RFRA Rights of Catholic Health Care Organizations to Refuse Gender Transition Services

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In Religious Sisters of Mercy v. Becerra ,  (8th Cir., Dec. 9, 2022), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court decisi...
Thursday, September 08, 2022

ACA Mandate To Cover PrEP Drugs Violates RFRA

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In Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra ,  (ND TX, Sept. 7, 2022), a Texas federal district court held that the ACA mandate for health insur...
Friday, August 26, 2022

California Must Allow Churches To Opt Out Of Abortion Coverage In Their Health Care Plans

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In Foothill Church v. Watanabe , (ED CA, Aug. 25, 2022), a California federal district court held that the California Department of Managed ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2022

HRSA Wrongly Eliminated Required Insurance Coverage For Natural Family Planning Methods

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 In Tice-Harouff v. Johnson ,  (ED TX, Aug. 12, 2022), a Texas federal district court held that changes in the language of federal regulatio...
Thursday, June 09, 2022

Colorado Imposes Reporting Requirements On Health Care Sharing Ministries

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Yesterday, Colorado Governor Jared Polis  signed  House Bill 22-1269 ( full text ) into law. The law requires health care sharing ministries...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

No Title VII Violation In Denying Hospital Employee 7 Days Off For Jewish Holiday Observance

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In Wagner v. Saint Joseph's/ Candler Health Systems, Inc. , (SD GA, March 28, 2022), a Georgia federal district court held that a hospit...
Monday, November 01, 2021

Supreme Court GVR's Challenge To New York's Abortion Coverage Mandate

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In Roman Catholic Diocese v. Emami,  (Docket No. 20-1501, GVR, 11/1/2021) ( Order List ) the U.S. Supreme Court today granted certiorari, va...
Monday, July 26, 2021

9th Circuit: Church Has Standing To Challenge Washington Abortion Coverage Mandate

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In Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland, Washington v. Kreidler ,  (9th Cir., July 22, 2021), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals revers...