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The average "abortion pill" cost around US$500. On top of that, under the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010 by congress, abortion is not required to be covered under the ten essential coverages. Government-run health insurance, such as Medicaid, can provide coverage for medical abortion. [80]
Georgia, Michigan, Arkansas and Idaho all required in 2007 that women must be provided by an abortion clinic with the option to view an image of their fetus if an ultrasound is used prior to the abortion taking place. [7] Arkansas, Minnesota and Oklahoma all require that women seeking abortions after 20-weeks be verbally informed that the fetus ...
17 states have a policy to use their own Medicaid funds to pay for abortion beyond the Hyde Amendment requirements, and an estimated 20% of abortions are paid through Medicaid. [26] [27] As of 2021, 16 states use their own state funds to pay for elective abortions and similar services, exceeding federal requirements. [28]
Colorado’s top election official confirmed in May that a measure to enshrine abortion protections in the state constitution, including requirements that Medicaid and private health insurers ...
In Arkansas, the group’s proposal which is called the Arkansas Abortion Amendment, would protect abortion access in the state constitution up to 18 weeks after fertilization.
The Arkansas Supreme Court blocked an abortion-rights initiative from appearing on the state's ballot this fall, upholding a July decision by the secretary of state to reject the measure for not ...
More than 18,000 people lost coverage when Arkansas previously enacted work requirements under Sanders' predecessor, Asa Hutchinson, in 2018. The requirement, which only applied to able-bodied adults on the state's expansion program, was blocked by federal courts and the Biden administration .
The Affordable Care Act allowed states to opt in to a program of health care expansion, which allowed more residents to qualify for Medicaid.The cost of this expansion was primarily borne by the federal government, but the percent paid by the federal government was scheduled to decrease each year, reaching 95% by 2017 and below 90% by 2021; the remainder would be assumed by the state.