Consequently, millions of Americans have been looking to purchase health plans  through state and federally run health insurance exchanges. In order to avoid a  hefty fine, ... For decades, Congress has upheld a policy preventing the use of  federal tax dollars to fund elective abortion. Specifically, every year since 1976, ...
Mar 17, 2011 ... The federal health care law -- if it withstands court challenges -- will create state- run health insurance exchanges in which private companies will compete for ...  Rather, insurance companies would be required to pay for abortion services from  a segregated pool of money funded through patient premiums.
Jan 20, 2016 ... From 1981 to 2013, the military health insurance program limited coverage for  abortion to circumstances when the woman's life was endangered. ... Currently,  nearly half of women with Medicaid coverage live in states that use their own  funds to pay for abortion services beyond the federal Hyde limitations ...
What is the Hyde Amendment? Passed by Congress in 1976, the Hyde  Amendment excludes abortion from the comprehensive health care services  provided to low-income people by the federal government through Medicaid.  Congress has made some exceptions to the funding ban, which have varied over  the years.
Mar 10, 2017 ... So while health care plans can cover abortion, very few people may be able to  purchase those sorts of plans, as they wouldn't be able to use their tax credits on  them. ... To be clear, it's not that there's a funding stream going directly from the  government to Planned Parenthood that Congress can just turn off.
Health care reform "requires the use of federal dollars to fund abortions through the government-run health plan."