Why don't pro-lifers protest insurance industry's discrimination against expectant mothers ?

[Omaha Steve]

http://populistdemocrats.blogspot.com/2009/04/why-dont-pro-lifers-protest-insurance.html

Sunday, April 19, 2009



We never hear complaints about this from the pro-life movement or the many "pro-life" Republicans in Congress, but insurance companies and HMO's are routinely denying maternity coverage to expectant mothers. Why don't pro-lifers protest the outrageous practices of the insurance industry which provides an incentive for abortion ?

The Miami Herald has uncovered the secret rules of HMO's when it comes to pregnancy. According to a handbook by VISTA, an HMO, it says:

"There is no coverage for maternity and routine newborn charges until the initial 15-month waiting period is satisfied. During the first 15 months from the effective date, no coverage is available for pre-natal, post-natal or delivery charges. For all plans, complications of pregnancy are covered the same as any other illness. If it is determined that conception was prior to the effective date, coverage will be voided, and the premium will be refunded less benefits provided. This also excludes elective abortion."

http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2009/03/28/19/Vista_Producer_Guide.source.prod_affiliate.56.pdf

With the passage of the Pregnant Women Support Act sponsored by Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), pregnancy will no longer be a pre-existing condition in American health insurance. It will also eliminate the "abortion incentive" that too many women and families face everyday. This is one of the many reasons why Democrats for Life is working so hard to pass PWSA. We want to bring both sides together to agree that there is much we agree on, and making sure that women who want to carry their child to term shouldn't be coerced to end their pregnancy so they can obtain their health insurance.

www.democratsforlife.org

[zbdent]

1. Since the "pro-lifers" position is that a "human life begins at conception", and the "pro-lifers"

trend towards the "Republican" platform, and the insurance industry giants trend towards the "Republican" platform ...

do the insurance industry giants agree to pay full payout if a fetus dies naturally?

I have yet to hear this addressed ...

[PDJane]

2. Single payer health care, and now.

That's just outrageous.