Requires the federal government: (1) to ensure coverage for abortion care in public health insurance programs including Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children's Health Insurance Program; (2) as an employer or health plan sponsor, to ensure coverage for abortion care for participants and beneficiaries; and (3) as a provider of health services, to ensure that abortion care is made available to individuals who are eligible to receive services in its own facilities or in facilities with which it contracts to provide medical care.
Bars: (1) the federal government from prohibiting, restricting, or otherwise inhibiting insurance coverage of abortion care by state or local governments or by private health plans; and (2) state and local governments from prohibiting, restricting, or otherwise inhibiting insurance coverage of abortion care by private health plans.
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal government, acting in its capacity as an insurer, employer, or health care provider, should serve as a model for the nation to ensure coverage of abortion care; and (2) restrictions on coverage of abortion care in the private insurance market must end.
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