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Speaker Pelosi's Government-Run Health Plan Will Require a Monthly Abortion
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Posted by GOP Leader Press Office on November 5th, 2009
Health care reform should not be used as an opportunity to use federal funds
to pay for elective abortions. Health reform should be an opportunity to
protect human life - not end it.
Unfortunately, Speaker Pelosi's 2,032-page government takeover of health
care does just that. On line 17, p. 110, section 222 under "Abortions for
which Public Funding is Allowed" the Health and Human Services Secretary is
given the authority to determine when abortion is allowed under the
government-run plan. The Speaker's plan also requires that at least one
insurance plan offered in the Exchange covers abortions.
What is even more alarming is that a monthly abortion premium will be
charged of all enrollees in the government-run plan. It's right there on
line 16, page 96, section 213, under "Insurance Rating Rules." The premium
will be paid into a U.S. Treasury account - and these federal funds will be
used to pay for the abortion services.
Section 213 describes the process in which the Health Benefits Commissioner
is to assess the monthly premiums that will be used to pay for elective
abortions under the government-run plan. The Commissioner must charge at a
minimum $1 per enrollee per month.
A majority of Americans believe that health care plans should not be
mandated to provide elective abortion coverage, and a majority of Americans
do not believe government health care plans should include abortion
coverage. Currently, federal appropriations bills include language known as
the Hyde Amendment that prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for
elective abortions under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, while another
provision, known as the Smith Amendment, prohibits federal funding of
abortion under the federal employees' health benefits plan.
Speaker Pelosi's 2,032-page health care monstrosity is an affront to the
American people and drastically moves away from current policy. The
American people deserve more from their government than being forced to pay
for abortion.
House Republicans are offering a common-sense, responsible solution that
would reduce health care costs and expand access while protecting the
dignity of all human life. The Republican plan, available at
HealthCare.GOP.gov, would codify the Hyde Amendment and prohibit all
authorized and appropriated federal funds from being used to pay for
abortion. And under the Republican plan, any health plan that includes
abortion coverage may not receive federal funds. |
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