Health carriers nationwide have allowed women to use federal subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to pay for abortions despite a provision forbidding it, a new investigation has found.
The Government Accountability Office said late Monday that PPACA rules have been violated, reporting that out of 18 carriers, 15 of them are selling PPACA plans that don't segregate funds to cover abortion, except in cases of rape, incest or the mother's life, from their Obamacare subsidies.
That's in violation of the law's provision that requires carriers to collect separate payments from customers for abortion coverage so taxpayer money, in the form of subsidies, don't cover abortions. The provision was added to appease anti-abortion Democrats.
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