AG Madigan Opposes Federal Administration’s Attempt to Discriminate in Health Care
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The proposed rule would allow businesses to object to providing insurance coverage to employees for any medical procedures they consider objectionable. It would also allow individual health care providers to object to informing patients about their medical options or referring them to providers of those options.
"The administration's attempt to prioritize other peoples' beliefs over necessary health care is unwise, immoral and illegal," Madigan said. "Stranger's beliefs should not dictate whether you are able to receive the health care you need and want."
Madigan and the other attorneys general said that placing the objections of businesses and health care workers above patient care and safety violates existing federal and state laws and undermines the states' efforts to ensure access to health care. Additionally, the proposed rule unconstitutionally seeks to force the states' compliance with its unlawful requirements by threatening to terminate billions of dollars in federal health care funding if HHS determines that the states have failed - or even "threatened" to fail - to comply with the rule.
Because HHS's proposed rule would increase the risk of harm to patients and be inconsistent with the text of several federal and state laws and the
A copy of the comments can be found here. http://www.ag.state.il.us/pressroom/2018_03/AttorneyGeneralofNewYork_et_alComment_Letter_re_Conscience_NPRM_RIN0945_ZA03.pdf
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