Politifact fact checking: Health care reform and the Anti-Abortion Insurance Coverage amendment [View All]

Here's what the Stupak amendment stipulated:

• The public option -- the government-run program on the exchange -- may not offer abortion except in the case of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is endangered.

• Private insurers that accept customers who pay with affordability credits may not offer abortion coverage except in cases of rape, incest or life of the mother. The affordability credits are subsidies the federal government intends to give to low-income people to help them pay for health insurance. Individuals may purchase abortion coverage, either as part of a policy or as a separate rider, as long as they do not pay with affordability credits or state Medicaid matching funds.

• Insurers may offer coverage that includes abortion or separate supplemental plans covering abortion. But customers must pay premiums entirely with non-government funds, and the insurer's administrative costs must be covered entirely by non-government funds. Insurers can't mingle funds from people who use affordability credits to buy coverage with those who do not.

• Insurers that offer a coverage plan that includes abortion must also offer a plan that does not include abortion.

Read the whole article here: http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2009/nov/09/health-care-reform-abortion-amendment/

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