ObamaCare’s Abortion Funding Rule Finalized

We told you then that not only was an Executive Order insufficient to replace a strong statutory protection like the Pitts/Stupak Amendment, but also that the language of the Executive Order itself did nothing more than set up an accounting scheme to hide the federal subsidies that would flow to abortions.

Sadly, these facts have now come to fruition. HHS, under the direction of President Obama and Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has issued its final rule for implementing the state exchanges created by the ObamaCare law. These final rules include requirements for how abortion funding must be handled.

First off, when we consider that the President told us that his Executive Order made it clear that abortion was not a part of this law, it is reasonable to ask why the final rule references ‘abortion’ 30 times? If abortion funding was not to be a part of this law, the statute needed only a short, clear prohibition of such funding – a prohibition offered in the Pitts/Stupak Amendment, which was initially approved by the House of Representatives, and later stripped out by the President and then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Because the law does indeed contradict the President by allowing abortion funding, this final rule goes to great lengths to devise a scheme that attempts to hide that funding. The result is a complicated web of regulations that reference ‘abortion’ 30 times.

Everyone concerned about government promotion and funding of abortions should read this rule for themselves, but allow me to outline a couple of the basic components with regard to the abortion requirements.

First, beginning on page 453, this rule describes and reaffirms the “segregation of funds for abortion services” as required under ObamaCare. Essentially, insurance plans may include abortion services in a plan subsidized by federal taxpayer dollars. To justify this inclusion, the plan will collect a $1 “surcharge” from all policy holders. Of course this surcharge will be collected as part of a larger premium payment, and not as a part of a separate collection. Additionally, plans are entirely free to advertise the total cost of these plans without mentioning that $1 of the premium is specifically intended to subsidize the abortion coverage. Further, the surcharge is only to be disclosed when the policyholder first enrolls.

In short, the $1 surcharge does not even attempt to resemble an actual offset of the abortion coverage cost, is virtually undetectable by the policy holder, and serves the singular purpose of providing a flimsy defense for inserting the federal government into the business of providing coverage for elective abortions.

Additionally, on pages 364-365, the final rule makes it entirely plausible that States that have passed laws prohibiting abortion coverage will be forced to provide that coverage anyway. This would occur through the multi-state plans administered by the Federal Government. The final rule simply says that rules governing these plans will be issued at a later date, so it’s entirely feasible (I’d say likely) that these plans will be permitted to cover abortion, even when one of the States within the multi-State area prohibits it.

This is not a surprising development. In fact, despite the numerous and convoluted attempts to distract from the truth, it has long been clear to many of us in the pro-life community that abortion - and funding for abortion - is one of the central tenants of ObamaCare. Today’s final rule is just evidence of that fact.

This surcharge is simply to establish the fee. After a year or two it WILL go up. As long as Sebelius has the power granted her by this bill there will be long term damage to our health care.

I watched a few minutes of Sebellius testimony on C-Span not long ago. It occurred to me there is a common demeanor or projection shared by Obama and his radical henchmen. Holder, Sebellius, Carol Browner and Obama himself exude an air of superiority over the representatives of the people, a palpable contempt for Congress and our Constitution.

Make no mistake, the dictatorship is here. By their inaction, the rats in Congress have made it clear they prefer to have administrative agencies do the dirty work of oppressing the American people. Congress no longer fashions the laws we live under. Hussein and his ministers, whom he can appoint without Senate consent, rule the nation.

Sovereignty has for all practical purposes, passed from we the people to an elected monarch.

We could refuse to pay the fee. But that won’t work. The reason is because in the Obamacare law, they get access to all of our bank accounts. They will just take it.

Abortion is the Left’s highest holy sacrament.

Buggery is their next highest.

Christians in the first three centuries after Christ were brutally and savagely persecuted for refusing to reckon the Roman emperor as a god. Part of that reckoning included a Temple Tax.

We are now being compelled to pay a Temple Tax for the high holy sacrament of Child Sacrifice to the false god of the State.

God says that child sacrifice is an abomination and that the shedding of innocent blood will not go unpunished.

Jesus’ return cannot be far off.

I think you are right.

Not since the Third Reich have we had a Government that manipulated the death of so many individuals.

First the unborn and then the elderly and those born with defects. Barrack Mengele Hussein Obama, is in the running for Satan’s job.

Yep. In Socialist countries you don't file your taxes. The Government simply takes what they want and, once a year, they send you a little card telling you how much you paid. When I worked in Britain in the NHS (I am a technologist) I made peanuts as I wasn't registered (educated and tested by Britain)but they allowed me to work. My tax bite was 50%. That was the lowest tax bracket at that time. Thatcher was Prime Minister but hadn't yet been able to change a lot. This is what's coming. EVERYONE’s taxes will rise 10-20% to pay for Obamacare. That's another thing Pelousi et al didn't tell you; they lie and lie and lie.

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