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my health care plan apparently allows me one free abortion per plan year.

Posted by pilgrims and indians love mandy lane (aka amanda) Nov 13 '08, 07:58

from a mailer:

"Please don�t forget any student or spouse wishing to decline the abortion benefit for the 2008/09 policy year may do so by coming to Student Health Insurance, 302 Student Health Center, between November 16, 2008 and November 30, 2008. Reimbursements are: (1) GA/fellow - $.20, (2) GA/fellow spouse - $.30, (3) non-graduate assistant student - $1.00, (4) non-graduate spouse - $1.00. This ability to decline the abortion benefit is an individual decision so each person seeking to decline this benefit must do so individually, in person."

I don't know how I feel about this.

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Incredible. - Loyola Nov 13, 08:39
guess you'll have to upgrade that part of your plan, huh? -- nm - dingnan Nov 13, 08:32
Dignan will be relieved. [nm] - Mel Profit Nov 13, 08:31
Abortions for some, a dollar for others! -- nm - Beaker Nov 13, 08:00 2
- hey, if you're convinced you'll never need one, why not take the buck? -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 08:00 1
  - I was hijacking a Simpsons quote. -- nm - Beaker Nov 13, 08:01
I wonder if that would include emergency contraception, or if that is covered under a different category? -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 07:59 5
- I think it's different. I'm actually poking around at UHS now. -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 13, 08:01 4
  - logic would tell me that emergency contraception would be covered as a doctor's office/prescription benefit, whereas the abortion benefit refers to - znufrii Nov 13, 08:02 3
    - often at universities, contraception gets way more coverage than it would in a regular health plan. -- nm - loosilu Nov 13, 08:05 1
      - makes sense -- nm - znufrii Nov 13, 08:21
    - Yes, they would be totally separate things. Their political linkage has nothing to do with how they are defined as healthcare procedures. -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 08:03
Woohoo! A buck! -- nm - TFox Nov 13, 07:59 2
- this is how much I get back per month if I decline the benefit. -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 13, 08:00 1
  - Oh, per month. I thought it was a lump sum. - TFox Nov 13, 08:01

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