You keep using that word “free.” I don’t think it means what you think it means.
The Oregon state legislature passed a bill this month that would require health insurance plans to cover the total cost of abortion services for all Oregon residents, including illegal aliens.
In a press release published July 1, Oregon House Democrats praised the far-reaching bill as a response to President Donald Trump’s alleged attacks on health care and reproductive rights, boasting (emphasis mine):
House Bill 3391, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, ensures that all Oregonians receive the full range of preventative reproductive health services they need at zero out-of-pocket cost – regardless of their income, citizenship status, gender identity, or type of insurance.
HB 3391 requires health insurance plans to cover a full range of contraceptive and preventative care without cost sharing, including STD screenings, certain cancer screenings, vasectomies, IUD insertion, and abortion.
If that weren’t enough, the $10 million bill also mandates that taxpayer dollars be used to “reimburse” low-income illegal aliens for the cost of contraception, abortion procedures and other “reproductive health services.”
“[The bill] requires that the Oregon Health Authority implement a program to reimburse the costs of reproductive health services to individuals who would be eligible for medical assistance if not for their immigration status,” House Democrats claimed.
Via MRCTV
Free = no money out of pocket to the end user at time of receiving service or product.
This is right on the money (pardon the pun).
However, “free at the point of transaction” isn’t free.