Reputable third parties, like a recent study from George Washington University, have found that the practical effect of the Stupak amendment would be to restrict coverage of abortion services even when paid for entirely with private funds.
The Democratic leadership -- determined to deliver on campaign promises to "fix" the badly broken health care system -- gave in to the threats of legislators who would vote for reform only if measures to restrict coverage of abortion were included.
In the three House committees that approved comprehensive health care bills last week, Republicans tried unsuccessfully to restrict coverage of abortion.
In addition, anti-choice Republicans introduced two bills to restrict coverage -- HR 3 (the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act") and HR 358 (the "Protect Life Act") -- as soon as Congress convened in January and, with their House majority, passed both.
Doctors, under a traditional fee-for-service model, are rewarded for providing more care, while insurers have incentives to restrict coverage.
MetLife said earlier this summer that it planned to restrict coverage in coastal areas to homeowners who have installed such features.
The overused term "Kafkaesque" is extremely apt when insurance companies, exploiting the still-nascent state of autism research, scandalously restrict coverage for the few therapies that work – and then arbitrarily cut those off when the child is still very young.
The American Dental Association has a tobacco cessation services reimbursement insurance code, but many individual insurance contracts restrict coverage for tobacco prevention and cessation.
Transdermal oestrogen replacement was listed in the Formulary on July 1 , 1988with unrestricted coverage, and it was moved to restricted coverage on January 1 , 1997(oestrogen exposure after June 30 , 1996is not relevant for the current analysis, see Definitions of oestrogen exposure).
