New Rasmussen Pole-

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by fishbones

So you think any legal medical procedure should be covered by health insurance? If it's an elective procedure it shouldn't be covered. In the cases where abortion is covered now (rape, incest), it should still be covered under any plan. If it's just because people were being stupid and careless, they can pay for it out of their pockets.

It was moreso an extension of my previous comment. Probably should have said "Exactly why should any legal medical procedure *that's covered by other providers* be excluded".

[spence]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

It was moreso an extension of my previous comment. Probably should have said "Exactly why should any legal medical procedure *that's covered by other providers* be excluded".

I think more to the point is that by specifically excluding some procedures, you might create future conflicts with existing laws.

There is some (very limited mind you) allowed Federal funding of abortion in cases of rape and when the mother's life is in danger.

It doesn't make any sense to insert blind restrictions into early provisions of the bill, unless it's just to rile the base.

-spence