«If Congress restricts
private health insurance coverage for abortion, women with complicated pregnancies making the most difficult personal and medical decision of their lives would likely face costly medical bills they can not pay.
«Planned Parenthood strongly opposes the Nelson / Hatch amendment, which goes far beyond the Hyde amendment and current law to
restrict private health insurance coverage of abortion in the US,» said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
With concern escalating across the country over proposed restrictions on
private health insurance coverage of abortion included in the health care reform bill passed by the House last week, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY) and other women leaders in denouncing this anti-women's health amendment passed by the House.
Fortunately, the new health care law does not include the complete and total ban
on private health insurance coverage for abortion that Planned Parenthood helped successfully defeat.
The ACA was designed to substantially increase the millions of people who newly enroll
in private health insurance coverage as well as the number of companies that provide it while at the same time reducing the number of uninsured people who had previously received primary care in emergency rooms.
«Moreover, the House leadership's plan would also impose unprecedented restrictions on women's health because it includes passing a Stupak - like abortion coverage ban, which would effectively
end private health insurance coverage for abortion — guaranteeing that the majority of women with private health insurance would lose benefits they have today.
Supplement
your private health insurance coverage with your Health Savings Account (HSA); your HSA may cover services that are not covered by your private health insurance carrier.
Purchasing insurance outside Canada can also be problematic because a foreign policy may assume you already have
some private health insurance coverage.