RNC insurance plan covers abortion

[kpete]

Source: Politico

The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.”

Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna. Two sales agents for the company said that the RNC’s policy covers elective abortion.

Informed of the coverage, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho told POLITICO that the policy pre-dates the tenure of current RNC Chairman Michael Steele.

“The current policy has been in effect since 1991, and we are taking steps to address the issue,” Gitcho said.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29456.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. PAGING DR IRONY?????

[Make7]

2. Apparently in 1991 the Republican party was not opposed to elective abortions. ( n/t )

[BOSSHOG]

3. Oh Please, allow me to FAKE MY OUTRAGE!!

[MNDemNY]

4. Good.

[pundaint]

5. If it reduces the population of Republicans, I'm down with it!

[Zodiak]

6. This is also a barometer of how right-wing BOTH parties have become

Yeah, the Republicans screwed up their platform...big deal, they don't count on their voters to read.

But effectively, our party isn't doing a great job of supporting this aspect of the Republican platform, either, and that is profoundly sad and disturbing.

[mstinamotorcity]

7. ok

whose lying now. They are going to address it for sure. Here we go again, we got it but you can't have it s--t. i am getting tired of this double standard. This is the reason I vote. I want everybody to be entitled to the same things as everyone else (republicons).x( x( x(

[customerserviceguy]

8. I really wouldn't make much of that

The RNC is located in Washington, D.C., and I would doubt that any health insurance providers located there offer policies without abortion coverage. I couldn't find any links, but I wouldn't be terribly surprised if it were required in insurance policies, I think that applies in a number of blue states.

[bergie321]

10. In that case

They should join the ranks of the uninsured since their hallowed dollars are being spent to fund abortions. :sarcasm:

[customerserviceguy]

16. While that sounds fittingly proper

many people who don't want to fund abortions live in places where they do so. They're piggybacking on the Stupak amendment to stop having to do so, if we get universal HCR.

That's what happens when you try to make a policy national, rather than regional.

[Telly Savalas]

17. The RNC is a large enough employer that they could find an insurer

that will build them a custom benefit.

If they were serious about this, they surely could have found such a policy in the last 18 years.

[customerserviceguy]

20. My prediction is, if it's legally allowed

they will indeed find one.

I think this just slipped through the cracks, most people pay more attention to exclusions when they read a policy, they don't really think about what is included that is not specifically mentioned. Even if it was mentioned, it would have been ignored. My lady has a policy that has certain benefits spelled out for maternity, since she's past the age of menopause, and I've had a vasectomy for a quarter century, neither of us really would have paid it much attention.

Again, it might be that the District of Columbia has some sort of insurance commissioner who sets the rules on what health insurance companies must cover, I'd be willing to bet that abortion coverage is probably mandatory. Let's face it, come Presidential Election Day, is there any place bluer than the D. C.?

[zbdent]

9. change the bumper sticker ...

"You can't be insured by Cigna and be pro-life" ...

changing the "You can't be Catholic AND pro-choice" bumper sticker (mentality)

[defendandprotect]

11. "You can't be Catholic and murder doctors" . . . or ...

"You can't be Catholic and think for yourself" --

Maybe . . . "You can't be Catholic and support 'Equality for all'/democracy" . . .



I like them all!!!

:)

[meow2u3]

22. You can't be Catholic and insured by Cigna

Thank God I have Medicare. Otherwise, I'd feel like a hypocritical Republican.

[xCrushx]

12. LOL

That is pretty good! Shows just how fucked up the RNC is right now.

[Tx4obama]

13. K&R n/t

[Judi Lynn]

14. Amazing. Why expect them to know what they're doing anyway? That's for the little people. n/t

[truthisfreedom]

15. Those hypocritical sons of bitches and their secret taxpayer-covered abortions.

I would have expected nothing less.

[cbdo2007]

18. This is major ammo for the 2010 -2012 elections. I can't really even see abortion being much of

an issue after this.

Seriously, how could anyone take them seriously now after they've been paying for/having abortions this whole time?

[defendandprotect]

19. Would be hilarious if it wasn't so pitifully hypocritical and dishonest --

And what about Congress' health care . . . do we know what's in those plans??

Should we bar Congress from covering themselves with abortion insurance????

:evilgrin:

[maxrandb]

21. "READ THE DAMN POLICY!!!!"

maxrandb screamed!!