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RNC Insurance plan covers abortion

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RNC insurance plan covers abortion - Yahoo! News

The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.”



This is kinda interesting. Republicans have been quick to jump on any argument against the Democratic plan including arguing that it covers abortion.
Turns out....the GOP plan covers abortion.
 
The best arguement for a conservative party ever, IMO.
 
Go and promote one then. See how well it works.
Remember when the republicans used to be conservative? It worked very well then, at least when people THOUGHT they were conservative.
 
Remember when the republicans used to be conservative? It worked very well then, at least when people THOUGHT they were conservative.

Would you count Bob Dole, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, or Barry Goldwater as convservatives? They all lost.
 
Go and promote one then. See how well it works.

OK :2wave:

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RNC insurance plan covers abortion - Yahoo! News

The Republican National Committee’s health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.”



This is kinda interesting. Republicans have been quick to jump on any argument against the Democratic plan including arguing that it covers abortion.
Turns out....the GOP plan covers abortion.

Ooops. :lol:

Well, maybe it really was an oversight. An oversight that went on for almost 20 years, but who's got the time to read through all that fine print anyhoo?
 
Not sure why it matters, but your article now says this:

The Republican National Committee will no longer offer employees an insurance plan that covers abortion after POLITICO reported Thursday that the anti-abortion RNC's policy has covered the procedure since 1991.

"Money from our loyal donors should not be used for this purpose," Chairman Michael Steele said in a statement. "I don't know why this policy existed in the past, but it will not exist under my administration. Consider this issue settled."

Steele has told the committee's director of administration to opt out of coverage for elective abortion in the policy it uses from Cigna.

Federal Election Commission Records show the RNC purchases its insurance from Cigna, and two sales agents for the company said that the RNC’s policy covers elective abortion.

As of Thursday, the RNC’s plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the party’s own platform calls “a fundamental assault on innocent human life.”

Informed of the coverage, RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho told POLITICO earlier Thursday that the policy pre-dates the tenure of current RNC Chairman Michael Steele.

“The current policy has been in effect since 1991, and we are taking steps to address the issue,” Gitcho said.
 
A good reason not to trust the Republicans as well on health-care.

They don't even know what's in their own insurance. Actually I bet the fiscal cons set that up. They got a good deal and went with it with the full knowledge it covered abortion. Because social conservatism wasn't a big deal to them. Getting good coverage at good prices was important.
 
A good reason not to trust the Republicans as well on health-care.

They don't even know what's in their own insurance. Actually I bet the fiscal cons set that up. They got a good deal and went with it with the full knowledge it covered abortion. Because social conservatism wasn't a big deal to them. Getting good coverage at good prices was important.

There's a reason we left the GOP :2wave:
 
Would you count Bob Dole, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, or Barry Goldwater as convservatives? They all lost.
No, but I would count Ronald Reagan, and people thought Sonny Bush was a conservative.

I don't know how you came to the conclusion that Bob Dole, GHWB, and Ford were conservatives. The only one you listed was Barry Goldwater and his fault was Foreign Policy. So, if you could enlighten me.....
 
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No, but I would count Ronald Reagan, and people thought Sonny Bush was a conservative.

I don't know how you came to the conclusion that Bob Dole, GHWB, and Ford were conservatives. The only one you listed was Barry Goldwater and his fault was Foreign Policy. So, if you could enlighten me.....

Did I claim they were conservatives?
 
The best arguement for a conservative party ever, IMO.

Forget another party. Secession is looking tastier by the day. Just cut the bankrupt west coast and northeast away, and 90 percent of our problems are solved. :mrgreen:
 
Forget another party. Secession is looking tastier by the day. Just cut the bankrupt west coast and northeast away, and 90 percent of our problems are solved. :mrgreen:


We'd have to install a fence, or a wall!


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D'oh! RCN to Nix Covered Abortions from Insurance Policy

I stumbled across this tidbit of info over at Politico.com and thought it more than interesting...it's got to be an embarressment to RNC Pres. Michael Steele.

The Republican National Committee will no longer offer employees an insurance plan that covers abortion after POLITICO reported Thursday that the anti-abortion RNC's policy has covered the procedure since 1991.

According to several Cigna employees, the insurer offers its customers the opportunity to opt out of abortion coverage – and the RNC did not choose to opt out.

The pro-life party has had insurance coverage that authorized elective abortions since 1991 and RNC President Steele is just now learning about it!?! I find that hard to believe especially given the strong anti-abortion stance in the health care reform debate.

The good news for pro-life Conservatives is that the RNC will ensure to offer insurance to their members that does not cover abortions in the near future.

The bad news for the RNC/Conservatives is they end up with egg on their faces. I mean, how do as a pro-life organization/political party retain health insurance from the came insurer (Cigna) for nearly two decades and NOT know your insurance policy covers the one grass roots/human rights issue you stand up for the most? What an embarrassment this has to be for Michael Steele.
 
Re: D'oh! RCN to Nix Covered Abortions from Insurance Policy

Being that not all Republicans are against abortion, and that somewhere between 46% and 87% (depending on the study you want to believe) of insurance companies have coverage for abortion, this isn't really surprising to me. I figure the RNC, just as many other businesses, pick their insurance coverage depending on price and availability. I certainly wouldn't expect the DNC to offer only insurance for their employees that contained the coverage of abortion. Business practice often overrides political ideology, as it should imo.
 
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Does social conservativeness outweigh fiscal conservativeness? I mean it seems that way, at least to me. The last president to balance the budget (fiscal conservative) was President Clinton (who happened to be a social liberal)
 
Does social conservativeness outweigh fiscal conservativeness? I mean it seems that way, at least to me. The last president to balance the budget (fiscal conservative) was President Clinton (who happened to be a social liberal)
You speak as though the two must be at odds. Not so.
 
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