Look at all these phony Democrats pretending to champion patients' rights

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision, liberal politicians have declared that patients, not employers, should control decisions about health care coverage.

Here’s the talking point on autoplay:

When it comes to healthcare, you should be the boss. That’s why I support the #NotMyBossBusiness Bill.

— Lois Capps (@RepLoisCapps) July 14, 2014

The only people who should be involved in decisions about a woman’s body and her health are her doctor and herself. #NotMyBossBusiness

— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) July 14, 2014

Boss' don't belong in the bedrooms, pharmacies, or doctor's offices of their employees #NotMyBossBusiness pic.twitter.com/Yec8ZveC3t

— Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (@RepDWStweets) July 14, 2014

The choice about whether or not to use birth control should be between a woman and her doctor, not a woman and her boss. #NotMyBossBusiness

— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) July 14, 2014

#HobbyLobby decision put bosses’ beliefs before workers’ access to health care. RT if you think it's #NotMyBossBusiness.

— Rep. Diana DeGette (@RepDianaDeGette) July 14, 2014

Healthcare decisions should be between a woman & her doctor #NotMyBossBusiness

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) July 14, 2014

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Bosses belong in the board room — not the bedroom. The #NotMyBossBusiness Act will make sure they stay there. pic.twitter.com/drnCuG0X5v

— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) July 14, 2014

Proud to be an original co-sponsor response to the #HobbyLobby ruling. A woman’s health care is not her boss’ business. #NotMyBossBusiness

— Mark Takano (@RepMarkTakano) July 14, 2014

Proud of those fighting back on #HobbyLobby. We should trust women to make their healthcare decisions – not their bosses. #NotMyBossBusiness

— Wendy Davis (@wendydavis) July 14, 2014

Putting CEOs in charge of women’s health care options is a terrible precedent. Proud to support HR 5051. #notmybossbusiness

— Rep. Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) July 14, 2014

.@finneyk: Sad fact women now need legislation to protect their access to health care from #SCOTUS http://t.co/4jRAPLXmG4 #NotMyBossBusiness

— Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) July 14, 2014

Uh-huh. What these politicians really mean, of course, is that employers should not be permitted to deviate from Obamacare-mandated benefits. That, after all, is what the Hobby Lobby case was all about.

But who chooses those mandated benefits? Here Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a liberal congresswoman from Connecticut, hints at the truth:

#NotMyBossBusiness bill protects employees’ rights to health services that an independent, non-partisan body has deemed crucial

— Rosa DeLauro (@rosadelauro) July 14, 2014

So a top-down, “independent, non-partisan body” gets to make all health care coverage decisions. How reassuring.

By the way, Obamacare established a panel of unelected bureaucrats called the Independent Payment Advisory Board. The IPAB’s raison d’etre is to limit costs by cutting payments to providers. You don’t have to take Sarah Palin’s word for it. Even Howard Dean concedes that “the IPAB is essentially a health-care rationing body.”

So much for “patients’ rights.”