Pelosi’s Government-Run Health Plan Will Require a Monthly Abortion Premium

[Topper Harley]

Speaker Pelosi’s Government-Run Health Plan Will Require a Monthly Abortion Premium
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.

                                                 

[John Galt]

[Topper Harley]

Anti-abortion activists arrested at Pelosi's suite
(AP) – 2 hours ago

WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police have arrested a dozen anti-abortion activists outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office after a massive protest against the Democrats' health care bill.

The charges ranged from unlawful conduct to disorderly conduct and unlawful entry in the incident, which happened around 2:15 p.m. EST Thursday outside a second-floor suite in the Cannon House Office Building, Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said.

Pelosi's aides said the suite is hers. The speaker also has offices in the Capitol, which is harder to enter to stage a protest.

It was unclear whether the group attended the Tea Party protest that ended around that time. But the speaker's staff said those arrested were objecting to language in the health care overhaul that they said would allow federally subsidized abortions.

[Dingus Magee]

Let me think about this..... I will be forced to dump the health insurance I have and like.... then I'll have to pay a premium to the plan the facists are promoting for abortion coverage?
My wife has had a hysterectomy and I had a vasctomy over 20 years ago, but the bill will require me to have abortion coverage?
WE NEED TO ABORT THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE RUINING OUR GREAT COUNTRY!

[mac ranger]

I had a vasctomy over 20 years ago

I see a silver lining.

[Ebenezer]

So do I.  The Dems are finally tipping their hand that mandatory abortion coverage is in their health care bill.  That's going to make it SO much easier to push through the Republican plan.  Not that the Republican plan isn't infinitely better to begin with, of course, but forcing people to fund abortions against their religious and moral convictions is a real deal breaker.  Thanks Dems, for being such raving extremists!

I see a silver lining.

[AimLow]

Only public option folk will have to pay for abortions.

I'm not a public option folk, I don't know any public option folk, and I'm not really concerned if they all pay to kill each others babies.


One less reason to lock my car at night.

[Topper Harley]

This is just one  page out of 2,000 pages! I wonder what else is in this bill that we don't know???

                                       

How can they vote on this bill without public debate and real analysis? 

[Ebenezer]

Pretty short-sighted, AimLow.  There are going to be a lot of people forced into the public option and it's a bad idea to turn your head the other way and say I don't care if people forced into the public option are forced to pay for abortion when whey find it morally objectionable because more likely than not you will soon find yourself in the public option, as will EVERYONE.

Only public option folk will have to pay for abortions.

I'm not a public option folk, I don't know any public option folk, and I'm not really concerned if they all pay to kill each others babies.


One less reason to lock my car at night.

[Dingus Magee]

Somewhere in the middle of this unreadable bill the public option turns into MANDATORY enrollment and if anyone doesn't believe me they are dumber than I origionally thought.