insurance coverage
By Amie Newman, Managing Editor November 19, 2009 - 1:02pm
The Senate health care reform bill was released last night and maintains the status quo on abortion access, throwing out any abortion coverage bans a la the Stupak Amendment; Catholics argue against the idea that banning private insurance coverage for abortion in the House bill was some kind of common ground effort; and DC disses birth control coverage.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 18, 2009 - 8:49pm
Early indications are that the Senate health reform bill introduced by Majority Leader Harry Reid preserves the "status quo" and does not include a version of the Stupak amendment.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor November 16, 2009 - 3:05pm
This weekend, insurance company executives confirmed to NPR health reporter Julie Rovner what the pro-choice community has been saying since the Stupak amendment passed the House. In short, the amendment will lead to a virtual elimination of insurance coverage for abortion care, in turn leading to what one analyst calls "devastating outcomes" for some women.
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Anti-choicers are misrepresenting data from a Guttmacher study to make their case for banning abortion care in health reform. Here's what the data really say about coverage for abortion care.
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By Jessica Arons, Center for American Progress and Center for American Progress Action Fund November 11, 2009 - 1:24pm
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was among the first to call for an “abortion-neutral” health care bill in July, defined as maintaining current policies on funding, mandates, and conscience protections. But then they reneged on the deal.
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By Jon O'Brien, Catholics for Choice November 3, 2009 - 7:00am
What some are really doing in the health reform debate is projecting their own vision of what is moral onto those who will be most affected by distorted views and limited coverage: the taxpayers who will fund and use whatever system emerges.
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By John Tomasic, New Journalist Fellow November 3, 2009 - 6:00am
This past weekend the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops instructed pastors at parishes across the country to distribute material urging Catholics to oppose the health reform bills they say allow public funding for abortion.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor October 29, 2009 - 11:33am
The House health care bill language, released today, includes a clause specifically outlawing the practice of treating domestic violence as a "pre-existing condition."
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By Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow October 29, 2009 - 6:00am
Congressman Bart Stupak says that while he is leading the charge to eliminate abortion care from both private and public insurance policies, he will support health care reform legislation even if he loses.
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By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor October 26, 2009 - 3:05pm
In a press conference at 3:15 pm today on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that the Senate will include an "opt-out" public option in its version of the health care reform bill. States would have the ability to "opt-out" of participating in the plan. Shortly thereafter, Senator Max Baucus, a key Democrat who earlier had stated opposition to a public option, released a statement in support of it.
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