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Hobby Lobby plans to face $1.3 million in daily fines for defying contraception mandate

An attorney representing the Hobby Lobby chain of arts and crafts stores said that the company intends to defy a court order that it comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s provisions regarding contraceptives, the so-called “morning after pill” and employee health coverage. According to Associated Press, the company says…

Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Obamacare contraception requirement

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a request by the Hobby Lobby chain of arts and crafts stores to temporarily block a provision in the Affordable Care Act making employers responsible for covering the insurance costs of their employees’ birth control, NBC News reported on Wednesday. Hobby Lobby and…

Federal court orders Hobby Lobby to comply with Obamacare contraception mandate

On Thursday, a federal appeals court struck down an attempt by the company Hobby Lobby to gain exemption from a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare.”  According to Reuters, the Court of Appeals in Denver, CO against the arts-and-crafts store chain’s contention that the…