Except that the employer is not involved in determining the range of benefits any more than it determines the minimum wage-- the preventive services are required by law to be in all plans.
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 11, 2014, at 9:26 PM, "Brad Pardee" <bp51...@windstream.net> wrote: > Because the employee's paycheck is a blank check. The employee can do > whatever they want with it because, as part of the salary, there are no > limits on what the employee can or can't spend the money on. However, > insurance is not a blank check. The policy specifies what it is covering and > what it is not covering and the employer, in determining the range of the > benefits they offer, is fully involved in the decision of what is being > covered and is fully accountable to his or her God for that decision. > > Brad > > From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu > [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Hillel Y. Levin > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:36 PM > To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics > Subject: Re: letter opposing Mississippi RFRA > > I have a question for those who have religious beliefs opposed to the > contraception mandate. I do not mean this question as a provocation, but > rather in the interest of helping me to understand the problem. Suppose a > religious employer knows with 100% certainty that an employee will spend a > small amount of her income on contraception. I take it that this does not > violate a religious belief. How is that different from directing a percentage > of the employee's salary towards health insurance, which will cover > contraception? > > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; > people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) > forward the messages to others.
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