Because many of the affected Catholic entities self-insure, putting the burden on insurance companies to provide contraceptive coverage is not a realistic option.
To help ease the burden of insurance premiums that have roughly doubled since 2000, some, like Arizona, are extending tax credits to small employers that provide medical coverage.
The government hopes that by placing the burden on insurance companies rather than on the organizations, the objections will be overcome.
It put the burden on insurance companies to provide free contraceptive coverage to women who work for religiously affiliated employers without requiring any involvement by the employers.
After religious groups protested, the administration put the burden on insurance companies to provide free contraceptive coverage to women who work for religiously affiliated employers like hospitals or universities — with no employer involvement.
The administration's decision to put the burden on insurance companies to offer women contraceptives free of charge to accommodate the objections of religious employers was a retreat under pressure.
The mining company — a secular, for-profit employer — clearly does not qualify for that exemption or for the accommodation the administration is fashioning to relieve colleges, hospitals and other organizations with religious affiliations from having to provide contraceptive coverage directly, by putting the burden on insurance companies.
With only a fraction of plans on the marketplace offering maternity care, women often had to bear the extra cost burden since insurance companies didn't have to.
However, as people soon came to realize, the only accomplishment this thing had was to successfully shift the burden of insurance coverage from the manufacturer to the owner of the car.
Of note, the Medicaid program appeared to bear increasing burden of insurance coverage with increment in the level of patient illness severity (Table 3).
