{"id":5942,"date":"2014-08-14T18:16:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T01:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5942"},"modified":"2023-01-22T16:16:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T00:16:00","slug":"when-religious-freedom-clashes-with-access-to-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5942","title":{"rendered":"When Religious Freedom Clashes with Access to Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I. Glenn Cohen, Holly Fernandez Lynch, Gregory D. Curfman<\/h4>\n\n\n
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At the tail end of this year’s Supreme Court term, religious freedom came into sharp conflict with the government’s interest in providing affordable access to health care. In a consolidated opinion in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores<\/em> and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell<\/em> (collectively known as Hobby Lobby<\/em>) delivered on June 30, the Court sided with religious freedom, highlighting the limitations of our employment-based health insurance system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobby Lobby<\/em> centered on the contraceptives-coverage mandate, which derived from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandate that many employers offer insurance coverage of certain “essential” health benefits, including coverage of “preventive” services without patient copayments or deductibles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cohen IG, Lynch HF, Curfman GD. When Religious Freedom Clashes with Access to Care. <\/a>N Engl J Med 2014; 371:596-599 August 14, 2014 DOI: 10.1056\/NEJMp1407965<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I. Glenn Cohen, Holly Fernandez Lynch, Gregory D. Curfman ExtractAt the tail end of this year’s Supreme Court term, religious freedom came into sharp conflict with the government’s interest in providing affordable access to health care. In a consolidated opinion in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. 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