House Republican leader: 'health plan will require monthly abortion premium'

House Republican leader: 'health plan will require monthly abortion premium' Rep. John Boehner House Republican Leader John Boehner said today the House health care bill, which was backed today by the AARP and the American Medical Association, includes a monthly abortion premium that all subscribers in the government-run plan would have to pay. In a blog post on Thursday, Boehner says that "Speaker Pelosi's 2,032-page government takeover of health care" is using "federal funds to pay for elective abortions." The House Republican Leader explains that on line 17, p. 110, section 222 under the title "Abortions for which Public Funding is Allowed," the Health and Human Services Secretary "is given the authority to determine when abortion is allowed under the government-run plan."  "The Speaker's plan also requires that at least one insurance plan offered in the Exchange covers abortions," he adds. According to Boehner, "what is even more alarming is that a monthly abortion premium will be charged of all enrollees in the government-run plan.  It's right there on line 16, page 96, section 213, under 'Insurance Rating Rules.'  The premium will be paid into a U.S. Treasury account - and these federal funds will be used to pay for the abortion services." Section 213, in fact, describes the process by which the Health Benefits Commissioner is to assess the monthly premiums that will be used to pay for elective abortions under the government-run plan.  The Commissioner must charge at a minimum $1 per enrollee per month. "A majority of Americans believe that health care plans should not be mandated to provide elective abortion coverage, and a majority of Americans do not believe government health care plans should include abortion coverage," Boehner writes. "Speaker Pelosi's 2,032-page health care monstrosity is an affront to the American people and drastically moves away from current policy.  The American people deserve more from their government than being forced to pay for abortion." "Health reform should be an opportunity to protect human life - not end it," Boehner says. Click here to read the House Republican Leader's post. Source: CNA Publish Date: November 5, 2009 Link to this article.   Send this article to a friend.