Sebelius V. Hobby Lobby: Case Analysis

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On the very first day of this year, 2014, the Affordable Care Act, also commonly referred to as “Obamacare”, went into effect. Provisions of the law require employers to provide their employees with a healthcare plan that covers contraceptive care and abortions, among other things. Where some may praise these provisions, others certainly do not. Those who do not praise these provisions feel that the requirement is in violation of their religious freedom, which is a natural right as stated in the first amendment of our United States Constitution. Prior to this law’s being put into effect, religiously-affiliated businesses and other organizations did not typically provide their employees with such healthcare benefits as contraception or abortion …show more content…
To begin, the conflict formally arose in the Supreme Court case, Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby. On the religion side of the debate, we have Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. along with other private organizations; and on the side of the Federal Government and Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. On behalf of Hobby Lobby, Paul D. Clement, Esq. argues that it is unconstitutional for the Federal Government to force any private entity to offer healthcare services such as contraceptive care and abortion coverage in insurance plans, as it is against their religious freedom.[1] According to Jaime Fuller’s articleon the Hobby Lobby case, as featured in The Washington Post, the owners of Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties have no problem with offering …show more content…
Perhaps the best and simplest solution, which may eliminate the need for certain other laws, is to overhaul the entire healthcare policy and healthcare system of the United States. Earlier, I wrote of Canada’s healthcare policy, and with their policy 57% of their population is satisfied with the country’s policy, as opposed to the U.S.’s 25% satisfaction and approval rating. I believe that just like the founding of our government and governmental style, which was unlike any other in the world at the time, our current leaders should take the best aspects of other societies and other countries’ policies on healthcare and put together a new policy of our very own. By doing this, it may boost the economy substantially as well as boost approval ratings and satisfaction of the citizens of the United States. Maybe the President and Congress could find the best aspects of Canadian, French, Italian, German, and other healthcare systems that ranked higher than ours, and put together the greatest system in the world.[8] It does not have to be an immediate action to put it into law, but it should be taken into consideration, deep research, and drafting as soon as possible; meanwhile weeding out any faults and answering any questions there may be, clearing and okaying every bit for the best possible system there can be. Of course, there is no such thing as a perfect system with
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