26 Jun 2022 1:28 pm
Does Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) fund abortion?Some individuals receiving government subsidies to buy health insurance use those taxpayer dollars to purchase abortion coverage. There is an abortion surcharge in place as an accounting gimmick to separate tax dollars from private dollars, but it doesn’t change the fact that taxpayer-subsidized plans are paying for abortions. President Trump updated federal rules in 2019 to make abortion coverage a separate bill, but that rule was rescinded by President Biden. Because of Obamacare the only health insurance plans available in some states are ones that cover abortion (Alaska, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont), forcing prolife citizens there to either purchase abortion coverage or violate the federal insurance mandate. Obamacare did give states the option to exclude abortion coverage as a “built-in” benefit in health exchange plans. As of 2021 there are 26 states that have opted out, including Michigan. Citizens of these states are still forced to fund insurance plans that cover elective abortion in the states that haven’t opted out.