Bruning Releases Statement on PPACA Rule Proposal

LINCOLN: Attorney General Jon Bruning released the following statement on today’s announcement of proposed rule changes for religious employers related to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: 
“This proposal is the first critical step to correct a flagrantly unconstitutional mandate. However, today’s announcement is only notice of a proposed rule. As the federal health care law exists today, it continues to infringe upon the religious liberty of millions of Americans. The federal government continues to rely upon accounting gimmicks to address the concerns of religious non-profits that do not qualify for the exemption. And, this rule utterly fails to address the concerns of for-profit corporations with religious objections to providing coverage for services contrary to their beliefs.” 
Bruning also noted the proposed rule may be subject to future modification, or fail to receive finalization, by the federal government. 
A copy of today’s proposed rule can be found here: http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2013-02420_PI.pdf.