California officials deny the Trump administration's claim that the state violates federal law by requiring health plans to cover abortion.
The administration threatened to block federal money for other unspecified services unless the state changed its rules.
In its warning to California, the Office of Civil Rights at the Health and Human Services Department alleged that the state’s requirement that health plans cover abortion services effectively discriminates against health insurance plans that don’t cover abortions.California is among six states — including New York, Illinois and Washington — that require health plans being sold in the state to cover abortion services.
The requirement is rooted in state law mandating basic medical services be covered by insurance plans. The letter noted that California in 2015 granted a waiver to a health plan that sought an exemption from the abortion coverage mandate so it could sell a plan to an employer that did not want to cover abortion services.“Given this fact ... California has not subjected any healthcare entity to conduct restricted by the Weldon amendment,” the state said.
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