{"id":197549,"date":"2019-03-01T07:53:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T13:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=197549"},"modified":"2019-03-01T13:44:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T19:44:36","slug":"medicare-taxpayer-funded-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/medicare-taxpayer-funded-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Medicare for All’ would mean federal taxpayer-funded abortion on demand"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over 100 House Democrats have co-sponsored a pro-abortion bill that would fundamentally transform the existing healthcare system and provide universal federal funding for abortion on demand. The \u201cMedicare for All\u201d bill<\/a>, unveiled on Wednesday by lead sponsor Rep. Pramila Jayapal, would strip away long-standing pro-life protections against federal funding for abortion, including many prohibitions on funding abortion providers like Planned Parenthood in individual pro-life states.<\/p>\n

The radical initiative, which critics point out has no clear funding mechanism, would charge no premiums, copays, or deductibles for any service, including abortion on demand. It would abolish private health insurance and enforce a single-payer government healthcare system. By doing so, it would also overturn the Hyde Amendment, a pro-life provision passed every year since 1976 that prohibits federal funding for abortion on demand. The Charlotte Lozier Institute<\/a> estimates that the Hyde Amendment saves an average of 60,000 preborn human lives each year.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Democratic Party wants to kill Hyde Amendment, which has saved 2 million lives<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking on a call with Reporters on Wednesday,\u00a0Rep. Jayapal described the bill. “I think this ‘Medicare for all’ bill really makes it clear what we mean by ‘Medicare for all.’ We mean a complete transformation of our health care system,” Jayapal said, according to\u00a0NBC News<\/a>. “We mean a system where there are no private insurance companies that provide these core comprehensive benefits that will be covered through the government.”<\/p>\n

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Democrats\u2019 \u201cMedicare for all\u201d bill would end Medicare as we know it and force everyone into a single government-run system. The plans that more than 170 million Americans currently rely on would be made illegal. No choice, no options, and no alternatives allowed.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) February 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n