[url=http://www.vox.com/2014/6/30/5856926/hobby-lobby-curtainraiser]The Supreme Court narrowed Obamacare's requirement that all employer-sponsored health insurance cover birth control, ruling that "closely-held corporations" did not have to comply with the regulation.[/url] [quote]In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the court ruled 5-4 that it will allow some business owners to exclude birth control from their insurance plans if coverage would violate their religious beliefs. The decision, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, found that "closely-held corporations" — defined by the Internal Revenue Service as those where five or fewer individuals own a majority of the company's stock — do not have to include birth control in the health insurance package they offer workers.[/quote] Based on the IRS's definition, closely-held businesses make up about [url=http://www.vox.com/2014/6/30/5857084/heres-what-a-closely-held-corporation-is/in/5621013]90% of companies in the US.[/url] [b]Edit:[/b] Here is the [url=http://live.scotusblog.com/Event/Live_blog_of_opinions__June_30_2014?Page=0]SCOTUS live blog[/url] from the event and the [url=http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-354_olp1.pdf]PDF of the ruling.[/url] Interestingly enough, Justice Samuel Alito seems to have given the president some advice on how to implement coverage of birth control. [quote][The government] could extend the accommodation that HHS has already established for religious nonprofit organizations to non-profit employers with religious objections to the contraceptive mandate. That accommodation does not impinge on the plaintiffs' religious beliefs that providing insurance coverage for the contraceptives at issue here violates their religion and it still serves HHS's stated interests.[/quote] Also, Time magazine has [url=http://time.com/2940952/supreme-court-hobby-lobby-obamacare-ruling/]4 Reasons the Supreme Court Contraception Ruling Means Less Than You Think[/url]: [quote]1. The ruling only applies to “closely held” corporations 2. Women who work for Hobby Lobby had, and still have, full insurance coverage for most types of birth control 3. Employees of Hobby Lobby may still be able to get 100% insurance coverage for all types of birth control—it just won’t be paid for by the company 4. The court appeared to rule out using the Hobby Lobby decision to argue in the future that employers can object to covering drugs, devices, treatments and procedures not related to birth control[/quote] [b]Edit 2:[/b] [url=http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gob_huge_mistake_arrested_development.gif]MFW I can't see half the posts in this thread because of the people I've muted[/url]