President Barack Obama: Affordable Care Act

Obama Dept: Some of the lawsuits appear headed for the Supreme Court, threatening another divisive legal battle over President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, the official name for Obama's health care overhaul, which requires most employers to cover birth control free of charge to female workers as a preventive service, according to Montreal Gazette. The law exempted churches and other houses of worship, but not religious charities, universities and hospitals. Catholic bishops, evangelicals and some religious leaders who have generally been supportive of Obama's policies lobbied fiercely for a broader exemption and wASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Friday proposed a compromise for faith-based non-profit organizations that object to covering birth control in their employee health plans, trying to appease religious groups that have filed a tide of lawsuits over the president's signature health care overhaul. The birth-control rule, first introduced a year ago, became an election issue, with some advocates for women praising the mandate as a victory but some religious leaders decrying it as an attack on faith groups. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.