Biden’s Latest Health Care Moves Roll Back Two Major Abortion Restrictions And Create Special Obamac

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Biden’s Latest Health Care Moves Roll Back Two Major Abortion Restrictions And Create Special Obamacare Enrollment Period
Daily Caller, Jan 28, 2021

President Joe Biden will issue a series of executive actions Thursday that target abortion restrictions and provide additional opportunities for Americans to enroll in health insurance programs.

The abortion presidential memorandum will “immediately” rescind the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits non-profit organizations from receiving funding from the federal government if they provide abortion services. The memo also directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to perform a review of Title X family planning regulations.

“Across the country and around the world, people — particularly women, Black, Indigenous and other people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and those with low incomes — have been denied access to reproductive health care,” the White House wrote in a statement Thursday morning. “The memorandum reflects the policy of the Biden-Harris Administration to support women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States, as well as globally.”

Biden’s second action, an executive order titled “Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act,” directs HHS to open HealthCare.gov for a special three-month enrollment period beginning Feb. 15.

The order also outlines five additional, specific directives meant to “boost” access to health insurance programs, including:


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