Killing the Unborn to Save Money

This just turns my stomach. It shows how much life has been devalued here in the USA under the "culture of death". This isn't exactly a ringing endorsement for insurance companies either. But it also gives us a glimpse into ObabaCare as well. Right now, at least the insurance companies don't have the authority to force a woman to have an abortion (pressure is another thing). Under the bills there has been provisions included that basically gives Health & Human Services the power to determine what must be covered. Yes, the main concern has been about abortion being paid for by our tax dollars. & most of that has focused on the woman's choice, ie elective abortions. But how long will it be under the rationing that will exist under what is being pushed as health care until HHS declares that women must be tested for certain things, like Down syndrome, & then say she must have an abortion because insurance won't pay for any of the needed treatments?

Think this won't happen? Let me remind you that I have posted about the fact that some medical ethicists have already said the elderly should commit suicide because of the cost of their health care. & others have said that a child doesn't even have the right to live after birth until he/she proves his/her worth. Do you not think that somewhere down the road that someone with Down syndrome or Cerebral Palsy will be declared to be off to little value for the cost of care? Esp since 80-90% of Down syndrome babies are already being murdered before birth?

& how long will it be until diabetics are told the same thing? Or those with MS, MD or a whole slew of other diseases? Even if there are cures found, do you think theHHS will want to pay for them when it is cheaper for the person to die?

Insurance Companies Prefer Abortion as Cheaper than Giving Birth: PP Director

By Kathleen Gilbert
BALTIMORE, Maryland, January 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A local Planned Parenthood official has bluntly admitted why health insurance companies are increasingly comfortable with covering abortions: because the choice to kill an unborn child is cheaper than giving birth.
"A first trimester abortion is $300 to $450," Baltimore Planned Parenthood CEO John Nugent told the national business magazine Forbes Thursday. "But if the gestational age is higher you're paying for a surgical suite. That's why the insurance companies think they should be offering it. It's cheaper to terminate an unwanted pregnancy rather than taking it to term."
The Forbes article points out the cost estimates offered by the Health Care Blue Book: it lists a typical abortion in a physician's office costing $397, while a vaginal delivery costs $5,992, and a caeserean section is $8,558.
The issue of private abortion coverage has been spotlighted by the abortion-funding debate swirling around President Obama's health care overhaul, which was originally structured to begin quietly funding abortion with government funds by default. Abortion advocates are lobbying full-force against an amendment in the House version of the bill that applies Hyde-amendment restrictions for federal abortion funding. Because the Hyde language restricts taxpayer dollars from funding any private plan covering abortion, customers would have to purchase the abortion coverage in a separate, supplemental plan.
Nugent suggested that insurance companies "won't talk about" their reasons for covering abortion, despite the fact that the debate on Capitol Hill could considerably impact their revenue.
In a CNSnews.com op-ed Wednesday, Students for Life Executive Director Kristan Hawkins noted that a provision in the Senate health care bill mandating coverage for abortion was dangerous for unborn children diagnosed with expensive disabilities or diseases, particularly in a health economy hampered by increased dependence on government funding.
"Sadly, there are many in the medical profession today who see the cure of many devastating diseases as simply the elimination of those pre-born with the diseases," wrote Hawkins.
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