Update on the 'Walk Back'

Here is the White House press release on today's 'walkback' on the HHS mandate: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/02/10/fact-sheet-women-s-preventive-services-and-religious-institutions . It is gratifying to see that the onus is being placed upon insurers, as Tom Berg at Mirror and I have hoped aloud since Wednesday. Still to be awaited, though, is the guideline concerning how religiously affiliated institutions are to make their employees aware of the continued availability, free of charge, of contraception coverage from their insurers. Stay tuned.

Comments

[Jimbino]

Even the RC church must understand that "free of charge" means somebody, apart from the user, is paying for contraception.

[Robert]

Yep, hence the last several words of the post before the last sentence: 'from their insurers.'

[Jimbino]

Yo Robert,

Insurance companies pay for none of the covered procedures. What they do is dole out to providers 50% of every premium dollar they take in, keeping what's left over after advertising, lawyers' fees, administration fees, etc.