Article -
Sterilization of girls 15 yrs old and possibly 12 yrs old, under HealthCare.
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FROM:
Section 2713 of the PHS Act, as added
by the Affordable Care Act and
incorporated into ERISA and the Code,
requires that non-grandfathered group
health plans and health insurance
issuers offering group or individual
health insurance coverage provide
benefits for certain preventive health
services without the imposition of cost
sharing. These preventive health
services include, with respect to
women, preventive care and screening
provided for in the comprehensive
guidelines supported by the Health
Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) that were issued on August 1,
2011 (HRSA Guidelines).1 As relevant
here, the HRSA Guidelines require
coverage, without cost sharing, for ‘‘[a]ll
Food and Drug Administration [(FDA)]
approved contraceptive methods,
sterilization procedures, and patient
education and counseling for all women
with reproductive capacity,’’ as
prescribed by a provider. \t
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012.../2012-3547.pdf
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This Mandate is the result of Affordable Care Act, commonly known as “Obamacare,” passed in 2010. In September of that year the federal government announced a general list of “preventive services,” but asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to recommend a list of “preventive services for women.”
Religious groups urged the IOM to not include sterilization and contraceptive services in the Mandate. Undeterred, in July 2011 the IOM made recommendations that included the two services, and the government adopted them in August of 2011.
Referring the details of these “preventive” services to the IOM was apparently intended to provide an appearance of scientific objectivity to the enactment of the HHS Mandate. However, Research conducted by Human Life International has revealed that every member of the IOM committee heavily biased in favor of legalized abortion—some with direct ties to abortion advocacy groups. Not a single member was pro-life, much less had any qualms about contraception and sterilization.
All health plans will have to cover these “preventive services” without co-pays or other cost sharing—regardless of whether the insurer, the employer or other plan sponsor or even the woman herself objects to such coverage.
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http://standupforreligiousfreedom.com/mandate/
This should truly upset us and make us think - What could be next for these Law-breaking-law-makers?
