Hobby Lobby has been in the news quite a lot lately. The reason has to do with the court cases that the company has filed in regards to the birth control mandate. Here are the facts of the situation. * Hobby Lobby is a Christian chain of stores that sell craft supplies. There are 525 Hobby Lobby stores across the nation. The CEO is David Green. According to Forbes, David Green has a net worth of $4.5 billion. * As of August 1, 2012, all health plans are required to cover women’s preventative health care without charging for a co-pay, … Continue reading →

The Green family, owners of both the Hobby Lobby and Mardel stores, have asked the Supreme Court of the United States for an injunction on the part of the Affordable Care Act that requires health plans to cover birth control. This comes after the family lost their case in a lower court. Here’s the basic facts about this situation. On August 1, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services added a list of women’s health care to the previous list of preventative care. All health plans must cover everything that has been officially identified as preventative care without charging … Continue reading →