Employers seeking to obtain an injunction against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA) contraceptive mandate on religious grounds may have a hard road ahead, if the 10th Circuit’s ruling in Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. v. Sebelius is any indication.
Among the health care law’s most controversial provisions is the requirement that most secular, for-profit employers either provide their workers with insurance coverage that includes Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptives and sterilization, or pay a penalty.
