These new restrictions bring to eight the number of states
limiting abortion coverage in all private insurance plans (see Restricting Insurance Coverage of Abortion).
In two other developments related to insurance coverage of abortion, North Carolina moved to
limit abortion coverage under the health plan offered to state employees to cases of life endangerment, rape and incest; this brings to15 the number of states restricting abortion coverage for state employees.
Some states are moving to
limit abortion coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
Twenty - five states
limit abortion coverage in the ACA's marketplaces, including 10 that restrict coverage in all private health care plans regulated by the state; 15 Texas will become the 11th state to broadly restrict private abortion coverage when a new law goes into effect in 2018.
Not exact matches
Amended and tentatively passed by the state Senate in one day in a 27 - 14 vote without any support from state Democrats, the bill would
limit insurance
coverage for
abortions, require doctors to be present for the entire procedure, make gender - selective
abortions illegal and require
abortion clinics to meet the same licensing standards as surgical centers.
We're fighting to outlaw (or at least substantially
limit)
abortion and yet states may not be willing to require
coverage due to that definition?
Dramatically
limits the exception for
coverage of
abortion in health plansAllows
coverage only when a woman «suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death if an
abortion is not performed.»
These
limits exist alongside the already burdensome Hyde Amendment, which bars federal Medicaid
coverage of
abortion in most circumstances; 35 states decline to extend state Medicaid funds to cover
abortion beyond very
limited circumstances.19 This increasingly restricted environment creates severe disincentives for insurers to contract with
abortion providers — and specialized
abortion providers in particular — and for providers to accept insurance if contracts are offered.
Insurance options for
coverage of
abortion or immediate postabortion contraception are
limited by legal and administrative restrictions — both those in force and others perceived or misunderstood to apply — and providers are often subject to additional scrutiny, red tape or rejection because of their affiliation with
abortion care.