| Tomorrow, the Senate is expected to vote on the Blunt amendment, which, as we've reported, would "allow any employer to exclude any health service coverage by claiming that it violates their religious or moral convictions." Birth control? HIV treatment? Maternity care? Whateves.
Republican supporters are saying it isn't that big a deal--that it's just the same conscious protections that have always been in place. In fact, allowing even non-religious employers to refuse to cover any services they want is a radical new move. Any employer--even a Taco Bell--could deny their employees coverage of key preventive services that are guaranteed to everyone else under health care reform on the basis of their own personal "morals." Here's a video from the Senate Democrats that clearly explains what exactly is at stake. |
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