As Faithful Citizens, please let you voices be heard!

Go to https://www.votervoice.net/NCHLA/Campaigns/63250/Respond to compose a message on this new regulation.  See below for more details.

The Trump Administration has proposed a new pro-life regulation. We ask you to raise your voice to support it, but also encourage them to make it even stronger.

Here’s the problem: The Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) allows health insurance companies to include abortion in the health plans they offer on the Obamacare exchanges. Although 26 states banned coverage of elective abortion in all health plans sold on their exchanges, the other 24 states plus the District of Columbia allow abortion to be covered. And worse, eight of these states and the District of Columbia only offer plans that cover abortion. Click here to see a breakdown of which states allow abortion coverage, and which do not.

To help fix this problem, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a new regulation saying that if an issuer of health plans offers plans that cover abortion, it must also offer at least one otherwise identical plan that does not cover abortion.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has filed written comments applauding HHS for this proposal.  But the USCCB has also urged HHS to make the proposed regulation stronger in two ways. First, HHS should modify the regulation to ensure the availability, at every benefit level, of plans that do not cover any abortion, elective or otherwise. Second, HHS should require clear and conspicuous notice to consumers indicating whether or not a plan covers abortion, so they can make a well-informed decision.

We invite you to submit a comment as well. Pro-abortion groups will write in as many negative comments about the rule as they can. All the more reason to raise your voice in support of it!

Comments on the proposed rule are being accepted by the Administration until 5:00 pm Eastern on February 19, 2019 so please submit them as soon as you can.