The AP’s Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar reports “nearly 90 percent of employer-based private insurance plans routinely cover abortion.” That is not true. As the New York Times reported the other day, Kathleen Sebelius testified in April: “Most private plans do not cover abortion services except in limited instances.” And Congressional Quarterly reported on July 15:
Most people with employer-sponsored insurance also must pay for abortions out of their own pocket. ‘Most insurers offer plans that include this coverage, but most employers choose not to offer it as part of their benefits package,’ said Robert Zirkelbach, a spokesman for America’s Health Insurance Plans, the insurance industry’s trade association.
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