California’s federal health-care funding is in jeopardy unless it stops requiring private insurance plans to cover abortions, the Trump administration warned.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced the violation Friday as President Donald Trump prepared to speak at the March for Life rally in Washington. Trump was the first president to address the rally in person.
The OCR said California’s coverage requirement violates the Weldon amendment, which prohibits government entities from using appropriated federal funds to discriminate against health care entities that chose not to provide, cover, or pay for abortions. The amendment has ...
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