A Kansas insurance bill, HB 2075, composed of 4 different measures, was passed in the waning hours of the 2011 session. It included a pro-life bill introduced last year by Rep. Pete DeGraaf (R-Mulvane) that removes abortion from automatic coverage under standard private health plans.
Effective July 1, Kansas private health insurance plans will only cover abortions done to save the life of the mother. Kansas insurers will be allowed to offer abortion coverage only through individually-purchased riders. The AP reported that such riders have cost $2.
Blue Cross of Kansas City long ago implemented this abortion exclusion in private plans across the state line in eastern Kansas, because Missouri passed this law in 1983. 7 other states limit abortion in private health insurance plans....
Dr. Alan Cairns | 6/22/2009
