Introduced
by
To allow health insurance companies to include coverage that pays for an abortion “to protect the mother’s health” in policies sold in Michigan through the federal health care law’s “exchange.” Under voter-initiated legislation enacted in 2013, insurers are prohibited from including abortion coverage in policies sold through the exchange, but may sell a policy “rider” for abortion coverage, for which individuals must pay themselves with no federal subsidy. The bill does not define “protect the mother’s health;” current law provides an exception allowing exchange policies to reimburse the cost of an abortion performed “to avert her death”.
Referred to the Committee on Insurance
