Posted on 07/29/2010 5:13:46 AM PDT by topher
A newly released congressional report found that abortion restrictions attached to the health care overhaul would not apply to high-risk insurance pools run at the state level, prompting Republican senators to urge the administration to issue new rules.
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"Absent such contractual requirements, it will be necessary for Congress to modify the current law," they wrote [thirteen senators], asking for a response by Friday.
The senators referenced a Congressional Research Service report dated July 23 that found the health care law, the subsequent executive order on abortion restrictions and the contracts themselves do not explicitly prohibit the high-risk pools from covering abortions with federal money.
The high-risk program, called the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, was meant to help those denied coverage over pre-existing conditions until the broader provisions of the law go into effect in 2014. The law set aside $5 billion in federal subsidies for the program, which is supposed to be either administered by the state or the Health and Human Services Department.
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Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah; Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.; Tom Coburn, R-Okla.; Richard Burr, R-N.C.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska; John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.; Mike Johanns, R-Neb.; Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; John Thune, R-S.D.; John Cornyn, R-Texas; Chuck Grassley, Iowa; and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.
We probably need to get additional Senators to put pressure on HHS and Obama so that Taxpayer dollars on not wasted on abortions!
Loopholes in ObamaCare allows for Funding of Abortions
Two words: Joe Wilson.
Yeah, new rules like disallowing the major program from funding abortions.
IDIOTS!
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