I’ve never understood how that was supposed to work. It seems the insurance companies would just charge higher fees to offset the cost of any contraception coverage the religious non-profits employees would use.
That was my understanding as well. I think that Alito meant to clarify that in his opinion saying that employees will have to pay out of pocket for the cost of this contraceptive coverage in their plans and that insurance companies can’t just turn around and in the justice’s words “costshare”. I hope this is the case, but perhaps I am just in an optimistic mood today.
I agree that in a free market they would be forced to raise prices, but with the government guarantee of profitability, then who knows what they’d do?
Besides, their costs are already so high: premiums, copays, and deductibles, you gotta believe they have every option already covered and paid for.
I’m wondering how deductibles can be so high and copays so high and people think they’re getting this for free?
In short, I’m confused about everything about ObamaCare, EXCEPT that it doesn’t make sense.