Health On The Hill Transcript: Backlash Grows Over Contraception Rule In ...
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jackie Judd about an Obama administration rule that would require many religious-affiliated groups to cover birth control in their insurance plans. House Speaker John Boehner has suggested Congress could take legislative action to stop the rule.
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JACKIE JUDD : Good day, this is Health on the Hill. I’m Jackie Judd.
Religion, politics and health care. It’s a potent combination as the political fight between the White House and Capitol Hill shows: A fight triggered by the administration’s decision to require most religious-affiliated institutions—such as Catholic hospitals—to include free contraceptive care as part of their health insurance coverage beginning in 2013. A clear sign of the growing anger over the issue was Speaker John Boehner’s unexpected appearance today on the House floor.
SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER, R-OHIO (video clip) : “In imposing this requirement, the federal government has drifted dangerously beyond its constitutional boundaries, encroaching on religious freedom in a manner that affects millions of Americans and harms some of our nation’s most vital institutions.”
JACKIE JUDD : Kaiser Health News correspondent Mary Agnes Carey is following this and joins us now. Welcome, Mary Agnes.
MARY AGNES CAREY : Thank you.
JACKIE JUDD : Walk us back a couple of steps. This is part of the ACA – the health reform law. What does it require, and what has the administration done about it in the past couple of weeks?
MARY AGNES CAREY : What the health law requires is that preventive services be offered free – no copays, no deductibles. The Institute of Medicine advised the Department of Health and Human Services to include contraception as part of these required services. So when that announcement was made on Jan. 20, churches themselves, synagogues and so on, were exempted. But as you noted, not the religious-affiliated institutions, not the hospitals, not the universities. They’ve said those institutions will have a year to comply with the requirement that goes into effect for everyone else in August.
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JACKIE JUDD: Good day, this is Health on the Hill. I'm Jackie Judd. Religion, politics and health care. It's a potent combination as the political fight between the White House and Capitol Hill shows: A fight triggered by the administration's decision
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Budgeting For Life « The Queen of Cougars
Almost everything in life costs us money in one way or another – whether it’s spending money on taking a loved one out or investing in our futures. Here are some of the more serious purchases we make before we hit the grave.
A Place To Live
Not only do we spend a lot of money on somewhere to live, with the initial purchase actually covering the cost of property and surrounding grounds, but we then go on to spend a large sum making it our own. Many people spend money changing the structure of the building – adding an extension such as a conservatory, for example – or doing up the inside.
One of the areas most of us need help in some form or another, however, is with the garden, whether it’s about designing the best use of the space or just hiring a tree surgeon to manage our trees better.
Education
The theory goes that the better an education we have the better a life we will have as we gain access to better jobs and therefore often more spending power. Of course, this doesn’t always add up exactly as suggested as footballers have often very little education, for example, but are very wealthy very quickly.
For most of us, however, we need to spend money on university fees – as well as living in comparative poverty while we study – and more often on school fees as state education continues to fall behind both in terms of exam results and through providing connections.
Health
Prevention is better than cure is a mantra many of us now lead our lives by and with the NHS providing free health care often it is unnecessary even to take out private health insurance. However, this means the emphasis is now on staying fit and healthy as most of the common killers in the developed world are preventable through a healthy lifestyle.
Consequently we spend a lot more money – and time -in the gym and playing sport as well as worrying about what sorts of food will be better for our health in the long run. Not only has the personal fitness industry exploded in recent years but so have industries such as organic food.