Trump to Remove "Abortion Surcharge"

Timothy Birdnow

The Trump Administration is going after the Obama "abortion surcharge" hidden in most Obamacare policies.

According to Conservative Angle

So what is the abortion surcharge?

A July letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azarsigned by 25 senators and 103 House members explained that the health insurance law as written requires that federally subsidized health plans that cover elective abortions should charge a separated minimum $1 "abortion surcharge” every month and deposit it into a separate account for abortion procedures. The dual intent was to prevent taxpayer money from directly covering abortion procedures while creating transparency about which insurance plans cover abortions.

"Unfortunately, in an exercise of executive overreach, the Obama Administration undermined Section 1303 by interpreting ‘separate’ to mean ‘together’ in subsequent regulatory guidance,” the lawmakers wrote. "Blatantly disregarding congressional authority, the guidance stated that simply sending a single notice about the surcharge or itemizing the abortion surcharge on monthly bills would satisfy the requirement under Section 1303.”

"Pursuant to the law,” a Center for Medicare news releasefrom Friday explains, "this rule will ensure that taxpayers do not contribute funds to pay for coverage of abortion services for which funding isn’t allowed by law, and will alert consumers that their health plan covers abortion services, allowing them to make fully informed decisions about their coverage.”

No wonder the Democrats have gone nuts. Abortion is the cornerstone of their secular religion, the sacrament that binds.

Sun Tzu admonished generals to seize that which the enemy holds dear. Mr. Trump has certainly done that here.

Impeach him?  They would love to crucify him slowly on the Trump Tower sign. 

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