How many private insurance plans cover elective abortion nowadays?
None of the plans I’ve had since I’ve been on my own covered it. Don’t know about the plan I had when I was on my parents’ insurance. — Leeandra Nolting [Read Leeandra Nolting’s other letters] Permalink Wednesday, September 30, 2009 05:54 PM PDT @Leeandra This data should answer your question. http://www.guttmacher.org/media/inthenews/2009/07/22/index.html — Lynn Harris [Read Lynn Harris’s other letters] Permalink Wednesday, September 30, 2009 07:04 PM PDT this makes no sense I can understand that abortion might be excluded as a political measure, but the idea that it will be excluded as a cost cutting measure makes no sense. Presumably basic mandatory coverage would include maternity care, many states mandate this already. Any insurance company that cuts abortion coverage as a “cost cutting measure” will automatically be on the hook for much more expensive prenatal, maternity, and pediatric care. If, as the president proposes, “pre existing conditions” will no longer be acceptable c
