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Gaps in financial assistance.(Medicaid coverage for the poor does not pay for abortion)
Most women rely on insurance to help them pay for needed medical care. Many poor and low-income women, however, either have no health insurance or have coverage that specifically excludes abortion services. In 1991, for example, almost half of poor women aged 15-44 were covered by Medicaid, (115) but for many of these women, coverage did not include abortion services except in very limited circumstances. (116)
Medicaid Coverage
Medicaid covers prenatal care and delivery services for eligible pregnant women, but coverage for abortions has been severely restricted since implementation in 1978 of the Hyde Amendment, which limited federal funding to ...
- After the Hyde Amendment: Public funding for abortion in FY 1978.
- Readings on Induced Abortion, Volume 1: Politics and Policies Gold, Rachel Benson January 1, 2000 700+ words
...the passage of the Hyde Amendment and its successors...state funding of abortion services for poor women...Congress passed the Hyde Amendment, the first of a...federal funds for abortion services except in cases where...
- Native women's group questions IHS enforcement of Hyde Amendment.
- Newspaper article from: Wicozanni Wowapi-Good Health Newsletter January 1, 2003 700+ words
...suffer dually from the Hyde Amendment, which limits federal...not provide either abortion services or funding." In...Application of the Hyde Amendment," NAWHERC also...accordance with the Hyde Amendment. "We're planning...
- HYDE AMENDMENT PATENTLY UNFAIR.(Editorial)(Column)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) August 2, 2002 700+ words
...because she was poor and because of the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for abortions...politically popular but patently unfair Hyde Amendment. Many taxpayers don't want to pay...Abortion itself is the issue. The Hyde Amendment is just one more cruel obstacle to...
- The hyde amendment's prohibition of federal funding for abortion--30 years is...
- Magazine article from: Women's Health Activist Schewel, Susan September 1, 2006 700+ words
...the 1976 Congressional passage of the Hyde Amendment, which bans the use of federal Medicaid...health care today, the impact of the Hyde Amendment is staggering. (4) Between 1973...decriminalized nationally, and 1977, when the Hyde Amendment went into effect, Medicaid paid for...
- Ruling May Widen Funding for Abortion; Altered Hyde Amendment Expands State...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Spencer Rich May 6, 1994 700+ words
...cases of rape or incest, the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy said yesterday. The case hinges on the congressional Hyde amendment, which for years has banned the use of federal Medicaid funds except where the life of the mother was endangered. The...
- Giuliani told journalist Fred Barnes that if he becomes president and the...
- Magazine article from: National Review November 5, 2007 700+ words
Giuliani told journalist Fred Barnes that if he becomes president and the Democrats send him a bill to repeal the Hyde amendment--which prohibits the federal government from funding abortion in most cases--he would veto it. Good for the mayor...
- Power, policy, and the Hyde Amendment: ensuring sound judicial interpretation...
- Magazine article from: William and Mary Law Review Welle, Lawrence Judson December 1, 1999 700+ words
The Hyde Amendment(1) brings something new to criminal...States Attorney's Office. The Hyde Amendment seeks to apply to criminal suits...suits.(3) The proponents of the Hyde Amendment mobilized on the perception that...
- Anti-Abortion Activities and the Market for Abortion Services.
- Magazine article from: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology July 1, 2000 700+ words
...activity on the demand and supply of abortion services in 1992. Empirical results show...on both the demand and supply of abortion services. Using estimates from a two-stage...activities have been successful in making abortion services scarcer. I Introduction THE LANDMARK...
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