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Saturday, 17 March 2012

What Can A Dollar Still Buy in America?

According to a disturbing story from Life Site News, the Obama Administration has finalized its rules concerning the funding of their national health care plan. Included in those rules is an “abortion premium mandate” that dictates that every person, regardless of age or gender, enrolled in the Affordable Care Act will pay a $1 surcharge for abortion coverage.

It is one thing to recognize that this administration is full of socialist ideologies, but it is the cultural Marxism, the efforts to radically reorder society and tear down our Judeo-Christian heritage, that is the most disturbing. If they believe in “free” government medical care, and compassion, where are the calls for free Alzheimer medicines, for free heart drugs, free cancer medicines? Answer: there are no such calls or plans. This administration is too busy undermining our marriage laws and working on forcing people, employers and religious entities to pay for contraceptives and abortions.

Posted by: Micah Clark AT 07:41 am | Permalink | 3 Comments | Email

Comments:

This is what happens when you get your "facts" from sources with a hidden agenda. The truth is: In early March 2012, the federal Department of Health and Human Services finalized a number of regulations implementing portions of the Affordable Care Act. One of the regulations implemented a provision requiring that insurance companies that choose to provide coverage for abortion through the health care exchanges ensure that federal money is not used to provide abortions. The regulations further require insurers to collect an additional abortion coverage fee from plan enrollees who choose a plan that covers abortion.

Posted by Tim Soderlund on 03/17/2012 20:15:16

After the rules were announced, The Fox Nation excerpted a LifeNews.com piece under the false headline: "$1 Abortions in Obamacare." And Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that the regulation "establishes state health care exchanges under Obamacare including an abortion premium mandate. You now, because of this implementation of the rule, you now will be forced to pay a dollar a month to cover abortion on your insurance policy." Limbaugh also claimed that the fee "is coming out of your pocket, one way or the other." This means anyone covered under the ACA would have to pay for an abortion out of their own pocket. I think Micah knows the truth, it just doesn't help advance his cause.

Posted by Tim Soderlund on 03/17/2012 20:21:27

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." George Orwell Where is the source reference for these statements of "fact?"?

Posted by Tim Soderlund on 03/17/2012 20:32:37

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