Additional Steps Needed to Separate Abortion Coverage From Taxpayer-Supported Health-Care Plans
The Senators wrote in part, "
They went on to say, "As long as Section 1303 is implemented through current Obama-era regulations, its enforcement will remain sorely deficient."
In addition to
Go to: https://www.wicker.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/9942700b-ea39-4230-b9fe-547ad4197b0f/2018.09.04-separation-of-funds-letter---final.pdf for a PDF copy of the full letter, the text of which is available below:
Dear Secretary Azar,
The 2010 enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), also known as Obamacare, broke with the longstanding safeguards of the Hyde Amendment. For more than 40 years, the Hyde Amendment prohibited federal funding for elective abortions and health insurance plans that include coverage for elective abortions. Since that time, legislative proposals like No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Insurance Full Disclosure Act (S. 184) have been introduced in the
In an effort to subvert the Hyde Amendment,
While we welcomed
The federal government should not provide taxpayer funding for abortion-covering plans. However, until this procedure that is morally opposed by a significant number of Americans is eliminated from Obamacare, HHS must enforce the law as written. As long as Section 1303 is implemented through current Obama-era regulations, its enforcement will remain sorely deficient.
Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
Read this original document at: https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-joins-letter-asking-hhs-secretary-to-stop-obamacares-abortion-coverage-expansion
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