Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits qualified health plans from covering abortions.

Highlights:

• Prohibits qualified health plans offered through the health insurance exchange from covering abortions (Sec. 2).

• Defines “health insurance exchange” as an insurance system established to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Sec 2).

• Exempts abortions performed under the following circumstances from the provisions of this bill (Sec. 2):
• The abortion is medically necessary in order to prevent the death of the mother, as certified by a physician;
• The pregnancy was caused by rape, and such rape was reported by the victim to a law enforcement agency or, in the case of a minor, Children Protective Services; or
• The pregnancy was caused by an act of incest, and such act was reported by the victim to a law enforcement agency or, in the case of a minor, Children Protective Services.

• Authorizes individuals to purchase optional supplemental abortion coverage, provided that the individual pays a separate premium for the coverage and obtains the coverage outside of the health insurance exchange (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits qualified health plans from excluding coverage for the following (Sec. 2):
• Miscarriage;
• Complications related to a miscarriage; or
• Post-abortion complications.

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