Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to once again review the contentious issue of the contraceptive mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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The ACA requires employers that offer employees group health plans to cover certain approved contraceptive methods or face penalties of $100 per day per affected individual. There is an exception for grandfathered health plans—those in existence at the time of the ACA’s adoption—as well as for group health plans sponsored by religious employers.
As relatively new as the ACA is, the contraceptive mandate is already an oft-litigated issue. This past September, the 8th Circuit Court issued a pair of rulings upholding a preliminary injunction on behalf of four nonprofit religious organizations that objected to the contraceptive mandate. This created a split among the circuits that the U.S. Supreme Court will now look to resolve in early to mid-2016.
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