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Misdirection and Contraception: On Hobby Lobby

July 2nd, 2014 @ 7:43 am PDT

Imagine yourself in a bar where a pickpocket takes money out of your wallet and with it buys you a glass of chardonnay. Although you would have preferred a pinot noir, you decide not to look that gift horse in the mouth and thank the stranger profusely for the kindness, assuming he paid for it. You might feel differently, of course, if you knew that you actually had paid for it yourself.

CashThere is an article in the New York Times — The Illogic of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance — which does a great job of explaining the real problem with the recent Supreme Court Hobby Lobby decision.

See also:

  • The Culprit Behind High U.S. Health Care Prices
  • and, seriously, Astronaut Sally Ride and the Burden of Being The First

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