Parliamentarian rejects GOP attempt to prohibit federal subsidies for health plans that cover abortion services [View all]
Source: The Hill
06/26/25 7:53 AM ET
The Senate parliamentarian ruled on Wednesday to reject Republican language in the Senate megabill that would prohibit federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from going to qualified health plans that cover abortion services.
The Republican language in the bill would restrict the ACA’s cost-sharing subsidies from lowering the costs of plans that cover abortion services in about a dozen states, according to the Commonwealth Fund, an independent health research and policy group.
The provision would have had an “outsized impact” on states such as Connecticut, Michigan and New Mexico, where insurers now cover abortion services voluntarily but would have incentive to drop abortion coverage to become eligible for federal cost-sharing payment under the Republican proposal, according to a Commonwealth Fund analysis.
The Senate Parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, rejected another provision to end “silver loading” under the Affordable Care Act, which would change the longstanding practice of allowing insurers to increase premiums to cover the cost of subsidies that resulted in larger premium tax credits and made marketplace premiums more affordable for millions of consumers.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5370563-parliamentarian-rules-aca-abortion-subsidies/
TALLY OF ITEMS STRIPPED BY PARLIAMENTARIAN SO FAR (plus the OP)
(Agriculture Committee) - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143482891
(Banking, Environmental, Armed Services Committees) - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143482360
(Judiciary Committee) - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143483730
(Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs) - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143484256
(Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs) - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143484336
(Energy and Natural Resources Committee) - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143485062
(Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143486073
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