Senate’s Healthcare Draft Includes Pro-life Provisions
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This bill would also repeal and replace Obamacare and give states wider latitude in opting out of its regulations.
Like the House-passed bill, the "discussion draft" creates a new set of tax credits for people to purchase insurance that includes a spending rider that prohibits federal funding from going towards most abortions. It also cuts off federal family planning funds for birth control, STD testing, and cancer screenings from going to organizations that also provide abortions, a provision that would result in federal funding being cut off from organizations like
Under Obamacare, payments of premiums under qualified health plans would result in a tax credit. Thus, if a couple has purchased a qualified health plan, they would be able to receive a tax credit based on the amount the couple paid in premiums for that plan. However, the draft of this bill contains a provision that disqualifies any health plan that provides coverage for abortions from being a qualified health plan.
The "discussion draft" will also allow small business employers to receive credit for purchasing a health plan and providing it to their employees. As with the individual plan, this credit does not include health plans that provide coverage for abortion.
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