January 16, 2014
Covered costs for 300 abortions for low Washington for decades
congress has used its power over the district of columbia to ban the
city from paying for abortions for poor women, but during a two-Year
period when lawmakers reversed course at least 300 women got city-Funded
procedures, according to data obtained by the associated press. That
period when the city was free to pay for abortions ended earlier this
year.The city now says that during that time it spent approximately
$185, 000 providing elective abortions for poor women who receive health
care through government programs.The number of women who got abortions
and their cost was provided by city officials after ap Cheap Tiffany Rings filed a freedom of information act request. Officials in the heavily
democratic city have sparred for years with congress over the city
ability to cover the abortions with taxpayer money.During brief periods
when democrats have had control of the house, senate and presidency, the
city has been able to pay for them, but that ability has been taken
away when republicans and democrats have shared power.Heathcare
alliance, programs serving low-Income residents.The mayor office said
thursday in an email that the discrepancy reflects the fact bills were
not submitted on time, but that 300 procedures was the correct
number.Department of health care finance, has told the washington post
that the 117 figure did not included abortions billed by one of the
managed-Care organizations that have contracts with the city.Unison
health plan had yet to submit its billings for the period since
abortions were first covered.Also:Those billings still have to pass a
adjudication process, where the claims are scrutinized by city
overseers. Many private insurance plans do cover abortions, and women
who have coverage through their employers can use that to obtain an
abortion in the district of columbia.Healthcare alliance.That has meant
that when congress has prevented the city from covering abortions, poor
women seeking them have had to come up with hundreds of dollars for the
procedures themselves.A non-Profit group called the dc abortion fund
will help defray some or all of the cost, as will the city chapter of
planned parenthood, but the women still generally have to come up with a
portion of the expense. Dc abortion fund president tiffany reed said
being able to use a medicaid card made getting an abortion easier for a
poor woman than at any other time.Now, she said, women often have to
cobble together funds from multiple sources, which may take time and
mean getting an abortion later, increasing her health risk. About
scrambling now
o i get the money to pay for my abortion?Said meyers,
whose organization was one of those that briefly provided abortions to
women using medicaid. Data from the city department of health care
finance shows it took more than a year for the city to begin paying for
abortions once congress lifted its ban in december 2009.The first
abortion paid for by the city was provided in august 2010, the last four
Tiffany Sets Jewelry on april 13, 2011, the day before lawmakers voted to reinstate the
ban.The majority of the procedures cost about $500 or $700. Congress
control over washington affairs puts it in a unique position on abortion
funding.Like all states, washington has been prohibited by congress
since the 1970s from using federal money to pay for abortions for women
on medicaid except in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of
the mother.But states can use their own tax dollars to pay for the
procedures for women on medicaid if they wish.Currently, 17 states use
their own money to pay for abortions for women on medicaid, though all
but four do so under court order. Because congress oversees the district
of columbia affairs and approves its budget, capitol hill lawmakers
have the final word on the matter in the city.Since 1988, members of
congress have attached a so-Called to the city budget nearly every year
banning the city from using its tax dollars to fund abortions, in
opposition to city lawmakers wishes.The ban was lifted briefly once
before in 1993-1994. Lawmakers lifted sale the ban again in late 2009 when democrats controlled both houses of
congress.But the change was short-Lived.With a new republican majority
in the house in 2011, congress re-Imposed the ban in april.
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