birth-control-supreme-court2The United States has a unique healthcare system where employers are required to provide health insurance for their employees. Employers are not allowed to discriminate on the basis of religion – but they are allowed to choose their healthcare plans.

What happens when the employers and the employee disagree on the healthcare – especially when that disagreement is based on sincerely held religious beliefs? Recent judicial decisions have gone in both directions – and now the Supreme Court is remanding a controversial case back to a lower court to be re-decided in light of recent rulings.

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