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Via Ed Morrissey, I see this illuminating interview in which Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says that under the Senate health care bill, everybody purchasing a health care policy on the new government-run exchange would have to pay into a fund to finance abortion coverage for others. The interview was conducted by that BlogHer's Morra Aarons-Mele. Transcript, and video, below.
SEBELIUS: And I would say that the Senate language, which was negotiated by Senators Barbara Boxer and Patty Murray, who are very strong defenders of women’s health services and choices for women, take a big step forward from where the House left it with the Stupak amendment, and I think do a good job making sure there are choices for women, making sure there are going to be some plan options, and making sure that while public funds aren’t used, we are not isolating, discriminating against, or invading the privacy rights of women. That would be an accounting procedure, but everybody in the exchange would do the same thing, whether you’re male or female, whether you’re 75 or 25, you would all set aside a portion of your premium that would go into a fund, and it would not be earmarked for anything, it would be a separate account that everyone in the exchange would pay.
BLOGHER: It’s a bit confusing, but …
SEBELIUS: Okay. It is a bit confusing, but it’s really an accounting that would apply across the board and not just to women, and certainly not just to women who want to choose abortion coverage.
BLOGHER: Oh, that’s good, that’s good.
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Pingback| 12.22.09 @ 10:51AM
Twitter Trackbacks for The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Sebelius: Everybody Wil links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Eric Cartman| 12.22.09 @ 11:18AM
Hey! I have an idea! Let's abort Sebelius and Blogher! What would it be? A 120 trimester abortion?
JohnD| 12.22.09 @ 1:09PM
What is outrageous about this is that, as I understand it, and abortion costs $500-1000, not enough to really break anyone of even modest means. It is also an elective procedure for a "self-inflicted" condition. (Setting aside the moral repugnance of this to me and others in that it takes a human life).
So in other words, the Bureaucrats will deny life saving surgery to a 75 year old who has "outlived their usefullness" in the eyes of that bureacracy, and they will be allowed to die, but for every woman that wants to take the life of their unborn child, there will be a bottomless supply of money.
Culture of death, indeed!
Kenneth E. MacAlister Jr.| 12.22.09 @ 1:43PM
This guy won't be paying for abortion services because I'll go to jail first for refusing government-run health care, refusing to pay the IRS-levied fines for this refusal, & Federal income tax evasion.
LiveFreeOrDie| 12.22.09 @ 3:43PM
I'm with you! I just hope another million people do the same and force our dictators to change course.
JohnD| 12.22.09 @ 2:08PM
You can challenge your arrest under the HC bill on Constitutional grounds. . .
Ellis Wyatt| 12.22.09 @ 4:00PM
This is why I think this whole healthcare bill could just blow up back in the house. I don't believe Pelosi has the votes to pass this as it is from the Senate. The abortion part will either be scrapped or kill the entire bill, the latter an option I don't believe the leftists are willing to accept. Long way to go in this battle for our freedom.
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Better Housing Coalition – Oak Summit Grand Opening, NBC12 coverage | My Efficient Pl links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
W.T. Vaught| 12.23.09 @ 5:34PM
Claire McKaskill from Missouri said she would not support a Healthcare Bill with that kind of abortion language in it. Where is she hiding? I would like to hear a response from her!
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