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<blockquote data-quote="MAKAVELI" data-source="post: 3161124" data-attributes="member: 43825">Yeah Buddy.<a href="https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/abortion-coverage-in-private-insurance-plans-under-the-american-health-care-act/" target="_blank">Abortion Coverage in Private Insurance Plans Under the American Health Care Act</a>ACA MARKETPLACE PLANSThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) specifically excludes abortion as an “essential health benefit.”&nbsp; Furthermore, the ACA allows states to ban <a href="http://kff.org/interactive/abortion-coverage/" target="_blank">coverage of abortions</a> in the plans that are available through the ACA Marketplace, and 25 states have done so. In 2016, an additional six states without an abortion coverage ban did not offer any plans that included abortion coverage through their Marketplace.<a href="https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/abortion-coverage-in-private-insurance-plans-under-the-american-health-care-act/view/footnotes/#footnote-222820-2" target="_blank">2</a>&nbsp; In the states that have no abortion coverage ban for Marketplace plans, individuals may use federal premium subsidies to purchase Marketplace plans that include coverage for abortion. However, the coverage must be paid for using private dollars, and the plans must segregate those funds from the general plan to ensure no federal dollars are applied to abortion coverage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MAKAVELI, post: 3161124, member: 43825"] Yeah Buddy. [URL="https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/abortion-coverage-in-private-insurance-plans-under-the-american-health-care-act/"]Abortion Coverage in Private Insurance Plans Under the American Health Care Act[/URL] [B]ACA MARKETPLACE PLANS[/B] The Affordable Care Act (ACA) specifically excludes abortion as an “essential health benefit.” Furthermore, the ACA allows states to ban [URL='http://kff.org/interactive/abortion-coverage/']coverage of abortions[/URL] in the plans that are available through the ACA Marketplace, and 25 states have done so. In 2016, an additional six states without an abortion coverage ban did not offer any plans that included abortion coverage through their Marketplace.[URL='https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/abortion-coverage-in-private-insurance-plans-under-the-american-health-care-act/view/footnotes/#footnote-222820-2']2[/URL] In the states that have no abortion coverage ban for Marketplace plans, individuals may use federal premium subsidies to purchase Marketplace plans that include coverage for abortion. However, the coverage must be paid for using private dollars, and the plans must segregate those funds from the general plan to ensure no federal dollars are applied to abortion coverage. [/QUOTE]

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