Abortion opponents argue that for the past 30 years there has been a ban on using federal funded money or taxpayer money to pay for elective abortions. They feel that the public can use government subsidies to buy insurance that cover abortion. However, the Obama administration says that is not the case. According to the Democratic leaders, the bill still upholds the ban. Under the bill, the insurance companies will be required to separate the funding in individual accounts; the funding from public subsidies will be separated from individual payments. Insurers would only be allowed to extract money from individual payments account to pay for abortions.
Nevertheless, the efforts of abortion opponents have been strong as they gain support of moderate Democrats. It has caught the attention of Obama and Nancy Pelosi. Both have tried to personally meet or contact the opponents.
This saga is a perfect demonstration of health care opponents trying to further complicate and delay the bill. The administration’s plan on segregating the funding is the same plan used today for Medicaid programs, where it seems to work without few flaws. This should not be the critical issue in the health care debate as we have an already-tested solution currently placed in the market. We know the plan of segregating funding will work and continuing to debate about such issues is only a strategy to complicate the debate, create confusion, and develop negative perception about universal health care.
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I would not go so far as to say that opponents of the health care bill are attempting to complicate the bill. Often times, proposed laws do not work as well in practice as they did in theory. Medicaid and Medicare are perfect examples of flawed legislation, as rampant waste and fraud is apparent in both programs. Additionally, the words of proponents of the current health care bill will not assuage the concerns of opponents--supporters may be willing to say anything to get their plan passed. Rather than stalling a surefire health care reform, opponents of the current plan are simply taking a calculated approach to lawmaking as desired by the writers of the Constitution.
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