Fluke: What if Employers Deny Leukemia Treatments on Religious Grounds?

MSNBC is still scheduling Sandra Fluke as a guest; on Friday’s NewsNation with Tamron Hall she claimed leukemia treatments and contraception coverage are the same in the eyes of those “religious employers” that want to use religious objections to deny “healthcare” coverage to employees.

I think what it is important to note is that some of the folks who are continuing to object to this policy are actually worried about employers who are private companies, not religiously affiliated employers in any way, but the boss has a particular religious concern and they want to be able deny their employees particular types of healthcare.

Now if you take a step back and think about that, that’s, you know, you work at a restaurant, you work at a store and your boss is able to deny you leukemia coverage, or contraception coverage, or blood transfusions or any number of medical concerns that someone might have a religious objection to.

So the folks that are still objecting have some very extreme ideas about religious freedom and employee healthcare in this country.