Obama Administration Approves First Direct Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Through New High-Risk Insura, page 1

Obama Administration Approves First Direct Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Through New High-Risk Insurance Pools

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If you want proof that President Obama's Executive Order on taxpayer-funded abortion was a sham, look no further than Pennsylvania, says House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio).

Health and Human Services Department is giving Pennsylvania $160 million to set up a new high-risk insurance pool that will cover any abortion that is legal in the state

President Obama pledged that under his health care plan “no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will

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Here is yet another example of why Obama's poll numbers are dropping like a stone and why the opinion of Congress is so low.

Several weeks ago, after negotiations with Republicans and Pro-Life Democrats, Obama comes out and states that federal funds will not be directly used to fund abortions. Now through the beauty of the legislative process we have pools being set up to do just that.

This is sickening on a number of levels. First, the absolute disregard for honesty and integrity on the part of our elected officials and second that the government would use federal tax dollars to fund a procedure that many people in the country feel amounts to murder.

Most Americans are for reasonable restrictions on abortion and very few hold the radical view of any abortion at any time. The federal government should abide by the people's wishes here and stay out of the abortion business. There are plenty of organizations that are not supported by tax payer funds that allow unrestricted access to abortion.

This is another example of Obama tossing a bone to his base, because that base is the only thing he has left. A politically weak president is a dangerous president.

Should the Republicans win control of the house, they will strip this funding from the bill and they will do it within 90 days.

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reply to post by David9176

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Insurance policys are a voluntary deal. There are policys that do not cover abortion and should someone feel strongly about it, can use that provider. Different states also have different policys.

I get what you are saying and that insurance is a collective pool and essentially everyone is subsidizing everyone else, but there are choices.

You have a fundamentally different business when mandated federal taxes are used for this purpose

reply to post by dolphinfan

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You have a fundamentally different business when mandated federal taxes are used for this purpose

Yes, but do most people have a choice in not having health insurance...really? It's tied to our employers after all. Getting it on your own costs a fortune.

I'll guarantee almost no one thinks about whether their insurance company does or not...and they most likely do have insurance that covers them.

I'll admit, I was upset about federally funded abortions when I first heard about them a year ago or so (whenever it was), without knowing health insurance companies already did it.

In the end it doesn't really matter. EIther way your money goes into a pool that funds abortions.

What is your stance on abortion if I dare ask?

[edit on 14-7-2010 by David9176]

reply to post by David9176

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It does matter. There is a huge difference between being mandated to buy insurance that supports abortion and being able to choose whether or not you want to buy insurance that supports abortion.

reply to post by ZuluChaka

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It does matter. There is a huge difference between being mandated to buy insurance that supports abortion and being able to choose whether or not you want to buy insurance that supports abortion.

Yeah, about 5 percent difference....in which most people probably weren't aware of anyway.

LIke i stated in my earlier post....most health insurance is tied up with your employer. The only choice you will have is if your spouse also has another job with different health insurance.

How many people do you know that have health insurance that isn't tied up with their employer?

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Again, my point is that we shouldn't fund abortions PERIOD....except for extreme cases.

So are you saying abortions are ok as long as it's done through business channels and not government channels?



[edit on 14-7-2010 by David9176]

reply to post by David9176

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I am for reasonably tough restrictions on abortion. I also believe there is no constitutional right to an abortion (funny how the feds consider the only right to privacy we have is when it refers to abortion, isn't it?).

I also think that states should have great freedom in dictating abortion laws, right up to making it illegal.

reply to post by David9176

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The point you miss is that you can choose to opt out of your employers plan, because you are not required by law to buy in.

reply to post by David9176

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Yeah, they do... However, in order to make any comparison you are trying to make, you would have to demonstrate that a higher percentage of insurance customer do not get out of their insurance what they pay in premiums. The majority of tax payers aren't covered under public funded medical services because they have insurance or private means of paying for services. I would find it difficult to imagine that the majority of insurance holders don't eventually draw more out of their insurance than they pay into it (which is why the insurance system was failing in the first place.) Using representative numbers here, let's say I pay $200 a month for insurance coverage for myself, my wife, and my 2 children. That's $2400 a year. I pay (again, representative numbers here, I have no intention of airing my financial means on ATS) roughly 6 times as much in taxes as I pay in insurance premiums. That's all money I will likely never see a return on... I guaran-damn-tee that I see a solid return on the $2400 I spend in insurance premiums, however.

The dollars I pay that insurance company can't be used to kill the unborn, because my family and I use every cent of it by year's end. Sadly, the same cannot be said for those taxes as every time I turn around, Uncle Sam is back with his hand out going "gimme, gimme" like some demonic crackhead who's stolen from enough friends and family members to get kicked out of their lives for good. Never once have I actually seen Uncle Sam draw out his wallet and offer me any jack.

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