By Jennifer Popik, JD, NRLC Legislative Director This past Friday, the Trump Administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule relating to an Obamacare provision dealing with discrimination in healthcare. It represents a huge victory for...
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National Right to Life Applauds Announcement from Trump Administration Regarding Pro-Life Policies in Health Insurance
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued a proposed rule to require health plan issuers operating in state and federal healthcare exchanges to separately bill for any elective abortion coverage and to segregate any collected funds....
Over 100 Members of the House Seek New HHS Rule to Make Consumers Aware of Abortion Surcharge
By Jennifer Popik, J.D Director of Federal Legislation This past Monday, August 6, 102 Members of Congress sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar requesting new regulations related to Obamacare and subsidies to plans that cover abortion....
Rep. Smith Seeks New HHS Rule to Make Consumers Aware of Abortion Surcharge
101 Members of Congress join Smith in petition to HHS Secretary Azar WASHINGTON—Today Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) and 101 other Members of Congress sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar requesting new regulations to enforce the...
NRLC urges Congress to support issuing new regulations regarding abortion transparency and Affordable Care Act
Dear Member of Congress: The National Right to Life Committee, the federation of state right-to-life organizations, urges you to support the issuance of new regulations regarding Section 1303 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with regards to abortion coverage...
Trump Administration extends option to permit pro-lifers to avoid penalty for failing to buy an abortion exchange plan
By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director of Federal Legislation Earlier this week, the Trump Administration provided relief to Americans currently faced with penalties for failing to buy plans on Obamacare exchanges where the only plans available covered abortion. While...
National Right to Life applauds congressional repeal of Independent Payment Advisory Board
WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters, today applauded congressional repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). The repeal of the bureaucratic body created by...
Obamacare Tax to Squeeze Healthcare Plans is Delayed in Spending Bill till 2020
By Dave Andrusko Earlier this week, Congress voted to reopen the government following a 3-day shutdown. While the focus was on the short term extension of funding levels, one small but very important measure was also attached to the bill and is now law. The New York...
Ca. and Pa. attorneys general sue to take away Little Sisters of the Poor’s religious exemption
Seek to force them to provide health insurance coverage for 'morally unacceptable' products and procedures By Dave Andrusko Nobody said it was going to be easy. Last month NRL News Today reported that the Department of Justice had reached a settlement so “that...
Still time to excise the death panels
By Wesley J. Smith Editor’s note. This is excerpted from a post that appeared at the Weekly Standard and is reposted with permission. …There is still time to excise the Independent Payment Advisory Board from the Affordable Care Act before it is up and running. IPAB’s...