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Abortion coverage in the Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2018 (S.1771)
Abortion coverage in the Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2018 (S.1771)
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Author(s):
- Sobel, Laura, author
Rosenzweig, Caroline, author
Salganicoff, Alina, author - Contributor(s):
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Menlo Park, CA : Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2018
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Abortion, Legal -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Insurance Exchanges -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance Benefits -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance Coverage -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance, Health -- legislation & jurisprudence
United States
United States. - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2018 does not directly ban plans from covering abortions, however, it disqualifies all individual plans on and off the Marketplace that offer abortion coverage from receiving federal assistance for reinsurance, invisible high-risk pools, and cost-sharing reductions. This would serve as a major financial disincentive for plans to continue to offer abortion coverage to their policyholders and would conflict with laws in 4 states that currently require plans to cover abortion services. The role of government in regulating abortion coverage began to be debated shortly after the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Roe v Wade. Since 1976, the Hyde Amendment has blocked federal funds under Medicaid and other federal programs from being used to pay for abortion, allowing exceptions only for pregnancies that endanger a woman's life, or that result from rape or incest. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) interpreted the federal abortion-funding ban to include the federal tax credits that functioned as premium subsidies to help individuals afford Marketplace plans. This issue brief reviews current federal and state policies on private insurance coverage of abortion services, and how the Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2018 would affect abortion coverage for women enrolled in the individual market.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (5 pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101740226 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101740226