Ironic Moment of the Day - RNC employee health insurance plan covers abortion.

[Modbert]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/12/rnc-abortion-health-plan/

Last week, 176 House Republicans joined with 64 Democrats in voting for the so-called Stupak amendment, which could “could effectively stop many employer-provided health insurance plans from covering abortions for tens of millions of Americans” and restrict any private plan in the insurance exchange from offering abortion coverage. However, Politico reports today that the RNC’s own employee health care plan covers elective abortion — “a procedure the party’s own platform calls ‘a fundamental assault on innocent human life’”

RNC insurance plan covers abortion - Meredith Shiner and Jonathan Allen - POLITICO.com

Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna. Two sales agents for the company said that the RNC’s policy covers elective abortion.

Informed of the coverage, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho told POLITICO that the policy pre-dates the tenure of current RNC Chairman Michael Steele.

“The current policy has been in effect since 1991, and we are taking steps to address the issue,” Gitcho said.

According to several Cigna employees, the insurer offers its customers the opportunity to opt out of abortion coverage – and the RNC did not choose to opt out.

But rank and file Republicans said Thursday that the policy should – and would – be changed

 

[driveby]

Blah blah blah, at least we have a plan, the republicans have no plan, blah blah blah ...........

 

[Modbert]

Blah blah blah, at least we have a plan, the republicans have no plan, blah blah blah ...........

This is not the plan they're offering up in Congress you dope. This is the RNC's employee health insurance.

 

[potter 58]

yea we know, we know all those conservetive women that get knocked can pay out of their own pocket and no one will ever know LOL RIGHT lol