What abortion coverage will look like under the new health insurance reform -

[jonathon]

It has been very disappointing that the Nelson anti-choice language in the health insurance reform bill has received such little attention on DU.

Women's rights have been used as bartering chips to help pass a corporate health industry insurance reform, and many don't even blink an eye. It has become so common for women's reproductive rights to be thrown under the bus, it is just seen as the norm and we passively accept it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/13/AR2010031302139.html

In North Dakota, where insurers can cover abortions if customers pay a separate premium, the state's largest provider says it sells no abortion policies because no one has asked to buy one.

Amid a high-stakes debate over abortion that could determine the fate of President Obama's health-care initiative, North Dakota's law offers a test because it is much like the language favored by antiabortion lawmakers on Capitol Hill, notably Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.).

"There's not a lot to tell. We have no member who elected to have abortion riders," said Denise Kolpack, vice president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, which covers about 80 percent of the North Dakota market. "We would be legally bound to provide an offering, but we have no groups that have requested it."

Similar policies are in place in Kentucky, Missouri, Idaho and Oklahoma.

"It is rare that we hear in the market that an employer would request a rider for this coverage," said Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield spokesman Tony Felts, whose territory includes Kentucky.

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