SCOTUS Strikes Down Ruling On ACA's Contraceptive Mandate

SCOTUS Strikes Down Ruling On ACA’s Contraceptive Mandate. In a decision that revives a legal challenge filed by Catholic ministries in Michigan and Tennessee against the ACA’s contraceptive mandate, the Supreme Court has struck down a ruling by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of the government’s stance on the mandate. Reutershttp://mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com/mailview.aspx?m=2015042801nahu&r=6107073-b14a&l=018-977&t=c [Share to Facebook] http://mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com/mailview.aspx?m=2015042801nahu&r=6107073-b14a&l=019-551&t=c [Share to Twitter]http://mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com/mailview.aspx?m=2015042801nahu&r=6107073-b14a&l=01a-caa&t=c (4/28, Hurley) reports that the High Court has asked the 6th Circuit to reconsider its decision in the wake of last year’s Supreme Court ruling in the “Hobby Lobby” case, which permitted certain privately owned corporations to seek exemptions from the mandate. The Hillhttp://mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com/mailview.aspx?m=2015042801nahu&r=6107073-b14a&l=01b-fc5&t=c[Share to Facebook] http://mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com/mailview.aspx?m=2015042801nahu&r=6107073-b14a&l=01c-c41&t=c [Share to Twitter] http://mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com/mailview.aspx?m=2015042801nahu&r=6107073-b14a&l=01d-294&t=c (4/28, Ferris) notes that Monday’s ruling in Michigan Catholic Conference v. Burwell “marks the sixth time that the court has thrown out decisions that upheld Obama administration policies, sending the cases back to the lower courts for reconsideration.” It reports that groups can apply to the Health and Human Services Department for an exemption from the mandate, but the Michigan Catholic Conference and other Catholic ministries have argued that the extra steps involved “created an ‘unjustified substantial burden’ and called for the same kind of across-the-board exemption that houses of worship received under the law.”