RNC employee health insurance plan covers abortion.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/12/rnc-abortion-health-plan/

RNC employee health insurance plan covers abortion.

Last week, 176 House Republicans joined with 64 Democrats in voting for the so-called Stupak amendment, which could “could effectively stop many employer-provided health insurance plans from covering abortions for tens of millions of Americans” and restrict any private plan in the insurance exchange from offering abortion coverage. However, Politico reports today that the RNC’s own employee health care plan covers elective abortion — “a procedure the party’s own platform calls ‘a fundamental assault on innocent human life’”:

Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna. Two sales agents for the company said that the RNC’s policy covers elective abortion.

Informed of the coverage, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho told POLITICO that the policy pre-dates the tenure of current RNC Chairman Michael Steele.

“The current policy has been in effect since 1991, and we are taking steps to address the issue,” Gitcho said. [...]

According to several Cigna employees, the insurer offers its customers the opportunity to opt out of abortion coverage — and the RNC did not choose to opt out.

Recently it was also revealed that the health insurance plan used by the right-wing, anti-choice organization Focus on the Family also covered “abortion services".

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Straw - this is probably your worst post yet. 

The Stupak amendment was solely to get pro-life Dems on board.  The GOP has nothing to do with this health care mess. 

You have only the Dems to blame for this disaster. 

Additionally, who cares what private insurance covers?  The RNC in not a taxpayer funded entity unless I am wrong on that. 

The issue is whether taxpayers should be funding elective abortions. 

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re-read that, 33.

Repubs weren't aware of it, but since 91 they've been covering abortion.  Oops!

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re-read that, 33.

Repubs weren't aware of it, but since 91 they've been covering abortion.  Oops!

Who cares?  The issue is WHETHER TAX DOLLARS SHOULD BE PAYING FOR ELECTIVE ABORTIONS.

How ignorant are you people to not understand the difference?   

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Who cares?  The issue is WHETHER TAX DOLLARS SHOULD BE PAYING FOR ELECTIVE ABORTIONS.

How ignorant are you people to not understand the difference?   

You mean if tax dollars should be used for continued abortions?

I'm shocked the R's let this slide for so many years.

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You mean if tax dollars should be used for continued abortions?

I'm shocked the R's let this slide for so many years.

Who cares?  Its a private matter.  Tax dollars are not paying to fund private abortions with this.

This is a completely ridiculous article.  The dems are responsible for the Stupack amendment, not rhe GOP>

This article is aanother example where Straw has his head up his ass and utterly blind to the doings of his own party.  Is the same thing with the banks the deregulation he likes to blame Bush for. 

   

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jon stewart pointed something out.  The GOP feels okay in blocking abortion funding because the majorty of americans are against it.

However, the majority of americans also support a public option.  And the GOP is against that one.  So it's only selective enforcement of american public wishes, when it fits their agenda

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jon stewart pointed something out.  The GOP feels okay in blocking abortion funding because the majorty of americans are against it.

However, the majority of americans also support a public option.  And the GOP is against that one.  So it's only selective enforcement of american public wishes, when it fits their agenda

Yeah, who did that poll?  No one polled me.  No one polled you.

An overwhelming majority want illegals booted out - are they doing that? 

An overwhelming majority are against gay marriage, yet the left still tries to cram that shit sandwhich down everyones throat.  Taking your cues from a comedian is really not the way to go 240.   

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Yeah, who did that poll?  No one polled me.  No one polled you.

An overwhelming majority want illegals booted out - are they doing that? 

An overwhelming majority are against gay marriage, yet the left still tries to cram that shit sandwhich down everyones throat.  Taking your cues from a comedian is really not the way to go 240.   

i'm agreeing we should kick out illegals and stop funding abortion.  but it ain't happening, it seems.  common sense moved away 20 years ago.

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jon stewart pointed something out.  The GOP feels okay in blocking abortion funding because the majorty of americans are against it.

However, the majority of americans also support a public option.  And the GOP is against that one.  So it's only selective enforcement of american public wishes, when it fits their agenda

NO THE GOP IS AGAINST FUNDING ABORTIONS B/C THEY BELIEVE ABORTIONS ARE WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you ppl may not know this but the bill doesnt prohibit coverage of abortions by insurance it simply makes it where the person has to pay for that "rider" part of the policy by themselves so its not paid for by tax dollars

that seems pretty fair to me

politicians are just like everyone else, how many of you read your entire insurance contract page by page? know exactly what it covers and how it covers it? how about your lease/mortgage?

LOL I agree its stupid, its also stupid that something like that would be something you have to 'opt out" of instead of "opt into"