Should abortion be paid for with tax dollars (medicaid)?

Question

In New York State, more than 40% of abortions are paid for with Medicaid dollars (stats available through the health department Vital stats.) Considering the moral problem many have this with this issue, should tax dollars be allowed to fund it? Keep in mind, this is an elective surgery to treat a condition that is brought on by personal choices. Only 1% of abortions are due to rape or incest.

Answer 1

Nope. Medicaid reform is needed across the country, period. In some states caid won't pay for a scheduled doctor's visit that would cost $40-60, but they will pay for a $1000 ER visit for the same reason. Medicaid patients know this and clutter up the ERs just to get a refill on medication. Abortion issues stir me up, but the root cause of the problem you describe is a clasic case of policy gone wrong. The people in charge are ultimately politically, not professionally, motivated.

The end result is what you describe. I'd rather see Medicaid pay for adoptions. This would better health of both patients, the mom and the baby.

Answer 2

Here are the options:
1. The government can pay for abortions, get rid of the problem, and move on.

2. The government can not pay for the abortion, get stuck paying for a child for the next 18 years (food, health care, etc.) The chances are, if the mother wants an abortion and can't afford it, she is probably not financially stable and will not be for some time!

3. The baby ends up dead and frozen in a dumpster.....



I think medicaid should pay the $300 bucks for the abortion to save money in the long run!!

Answer 3

Absolutely not! But now that I think about it maybe it should be! Then our tax money can be spent on people with real needs! Like the ones who have have real health problems!
I said it once and I'll say it again! Life is what you make it, so stop making excuses! Be responsible!

I just wanted to add! I do medical billing here is what the physician get for visits! It's not what your think!

$100.00 office visit Medicaid will pay $13 something
$50.00 office visit the physician will get $1.46.
I have never seen a single physician rec a payment for more than $300.00 for any visit! Even if it is in the ER! That is why alot of doctors do not except medicaid!

Answer 4

At last an issue worth thinking about. One view is if we don't pay to abort the pregnancy, we will end up supporing the child later. Our tax dollars are often used for things we don't really support or approve of, but enough others do, so majority rules says pay. Moral/religous issues say don't teach birth control, don't pay for condoms or birth control meds, make them abstain and if they don't make them have the baby. So far that method hasn't worked with the this generation and didn't work in previous generations. We haven't tried to teach morals or ethics to these females, so I say let them have all the prevention devices they want and we'll pay for them. Cheaper and more humane to prevent the pregnancy than to abort the fetus a few months later. And don't even talk about forcing them to have the baby. I've seen too many battered babies and known of too many dead babies to wish that on any one.
And don't expect ma or grandma to take the baby to raise. They did their time and are too old to cope with another set of kids.

Answer 5

This is a tough one to answer, on one hand the rich can afford to pay for their abortions and do. The poor do not have this option, however as you say this is a personal mistake and people should be held accountable. But to bring a child into a world being unwanted and not properly cared for is not a good choice either. I think personally I would have to say no, tax dollars should be spent to improve the many and not just the few. But it really is a tough question with no good answers.

Answer 6

yes. An abortion is way cheaper than a child on welfare and medicaid until 18. People are gonna have to get used to the idea of abortion, women are gonna have abortions whether it's legal or not. People are gonna have sex and women are gonna keep getting pregnant whether it's personal choice or not.You can hardly group an abortion as elective surgery brought on by personal choice by whether that person should have had sex or not and the result is pregnancy.It's not like it's a face lift or a drug addiction where you really do make a personal choice to do it or not to do it.Sex and pregnancy isn't going to go away.It's human nature, not a choice.

Answer 7

Until Roe vs Wade is overturned, abortion is not a moral issue but a medical one. As a medical procedure it should be funded by medicaid, tho a boost in funding promoting sexual responsibility would be a big help.

Answer 8

If the mother is forced to carry the child, more tax dollars will go to prenatal care and caring for that child after it is born. And there is nothing wrong with using tax dollars for a legal surgery. I'm sorry that you don't agree with these women's choices, but it is their choice to make.

Answer 9

IF you would prefer to personally support the children out of your own pocket rather than tax dollars used to do so, I'll say no they should not.

but IF you aren't going to support all those children that are born out of your own pocket, I suggest worrying about something you really are prepared to do something about rather than yap!

Answer 10

Of course, we should not be forced to pay with our tax dollars. Unfortunately, I have no choice but to pay my taxes, or go to jail.

Nice system.