Let HHS Know What You Think
by Jeanne Monahan
August 5, 2011
For more information on the August 1st HHS interim rule which addresses women’s preventive services that insurance providers are now mandated to cover contraceptives with no co-pay, see this new FRC fact sheet.
You have an opportunity to voice your concerns. HHS is receiving comments from the public on the new rule until September 30, 2011. Please Note: all comments submitted to HHS will be made public so be careful not to include personally identifiable information.
According to the notice issued in the Federal Register on Wednesday, August 3rd, you can send comments in a variety of ways:
You may submit comments in one of four ways (please choose only one of the ways listed):
1. Electronically. You may submit electronic comments on this regulation here. Follow
the ‘‘Submit a comment’’ instructions.2. By regular mail. You may mail written comments to the following address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS–9992–IFC2, P.O. Box 8010, Baltimore, MD 21244–8010. Please allow sufficient time for mailed comments to be received before the close of the comment period.
3. By express or overnight mail. You may send written comments to the following address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Attention: CMS–9992–IFC2, Mail Stop C4–26–05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.
4. By hand or courier. Alternatively, you may deliver (by hand or courier) your written comments ONLY to the following addresses prior to the close of the comment period: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Room 445–G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
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Comments
For Health Care Regulations on required for health insurance. Please, do not consider this health care to terminate a pregnacy or to offer free contraceptives. Being pregnant and caring for the unborn is a constitutional right to live, liberty and happiness. Please eliminate all reference and requirements to this as a women’s right to “health care”, when in fact it is just the opposite.
I very much am against the plans of HHS to force insurance companies to cover all contraceptive medicines and devices- the dangers of these meds and devices has been documented. They can act as abortifascients ending human life that has already been created. I am very much against this which goes against the U.S. Constitution which states government shall create now law which goes against the rights of a U.S. citizen to practice his religious faith- this new law is offensive against my freedom of relgion.
I am very much against the plans of HHS to force insurance companies to cover all contraceptive medicines and devices – the dangers of these meds and devices has been documented. They can act as abortifascients ending human life that has already been created. I am very much against this which goes against the U.S. Constitution which states government shall create now law which goes against the rights of a U.S. citizen to practice his religious faith – this new law is offensive against my freedom of religion.
I am very much against the plans of HHS to force insurance companies to cover all contraceptive medicines and devices – the dangers of these meds and devices has been documented. They can act as abortifascients ending human life that has already been created. I am very much against this which goes against the U.S. Constitution which states government shall create now law which goes against the rights of a U.S. citizen to practice his religious faith – this new law is offensive against my freedom of religion.
It is against my conscience to pay for services which thwart life of another human being from being conceived through chemical,surgical or any other artificially created means. Life is allowed by our loving Creator, not merely by human beings. To tamper with God’s creation in this way is gravely and intrinsically evil. Therefore, to force payment for this questionable “service” by insurance policies would be very evil indeed!
HELP! What is the Rule# that I’m commenting on? I can not find it once I get to the comment site.
The HHS plan to force insurance companies to cover contraception and abortion is a direct violation of my rights as a citizen of the United States to have freedom of religion. A government that condones the killing of innocent life is not a government I am proud of. This plan is not “women’s health care”, it is murder and I choose not to participate. Whether the murder is committed by surgical abortion or chemical abortion, the fact of the matter is, it affects at least two human beings. The woman who carries the child and the child itself. The child is NOT a blob of tissue like a cancer, it’s not a rock, and it’s not a puppy. Rather, it has it’s own unique human DNA that proves it is a human life. When will the government catch up with science? For the love of God and the salvation of your souls, please reconsider.
Using the guidelines above, it was very difficult to find the right place in the website to put in the comments – wandering through the search tool on the regulations site without even the proper name of the rule. I think you should do a better job of walking us to where we need to be. Judging from the comments above, I suspect that some people submitted their comments here too, thinking they were putting them through to HHS.
I think it is wrong to force institutions and agencies to provide insurance coverage of contraception and sterilization, which are against the moral teaching of many religions. Please protect the conscience rights of religious institutions and agencies, which provide so many valuable services.
The HHS healthcare plan is an outrage against human persons and our dignity as men and women created by God. Forcing abortions and other threats to human life from our USA policies is a disaster.
I am very much against the plans of HHS to force insurance companies to cover all contraceptive medicines and devices – the dangers of these meds and devices has been documented. They can act as abortifascients ending human life that has already been created. I am very much against this which goes against the U.S. Constitution which states government shall create now law which goes against the rights of a U.S. citizen to practice his religious faith – this new law is offensive against my freedom of religion.
For Health Care Regulations on required for health insurance. Please, do not consider this health care to terminate a pregnacy or to offer free contraceptives. Being pregnant and caring for the unborn is a constitutional right to live, liberty and happiness. Please eliminate all reference and requirements to this as a women’s right to “health care”, when in fact it is just the opposite.
I very much am against the plans of HHS to force insurance companies to cover all contraceptive medicines and devices- the dangers of these meds and devices has been documented. They can act as abortifascients ending human life that has already been created. I am very much against this which goes against the U.S. Constitution which states government shall create now law which goes against the rights of a U.S. citizen to practice his religious faith- this new law is offensive against my freedom of relgion.
I am very much against the HHS plan to mandate health insurance companies to cover the use of contraceptives in any form. This is not health care, because it interferes with natural law. It would also violate my right under the constitution to practice my religion because it does not contain a conscience clause.
This health insurance plan, HHS, is the oposite of what HEALTH insurance really means. Also it is completly against the U.S. Constitution. This law is offensive to the majority of U.S citizens.
I OPPOSE THE MANDATE REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS TO COVER STERILIZATION AND CONTRACEPTIVES, INCLUDING SOME THAT CAUSE ABORTION. THIS MANDATE LACKS RESPECT FOR THE BELIEFS OF CATHOLIC PERSONS AND INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER MEN AND WOMEN OF GOODWILL.
why are you so busy with such far over reaching regulation. Who is going to Pay for this? At what cost to our already morally corrupted society will this be. I have an idea teach morality, why dont you pass a law about being a good, decent hard working, human being. How about passing a law about teaching kids that the only safe sex is in a monogamous dedicated marriage. And last but not least its time to go back to in god we trust.
Neil Harms
I strongly oppose the mandate requiring heatlh insurance plans to cover sterilation and contraceptives, some of which are known to be abortifacients. I am furious with you and the President for putting forth this debacle.
I agree with all the other comments. Not only is it morally wrong but you are stepping onto grounds that you should not even be involved. You are supposed to be for health care. How can taking lives and preventing lives be construed as health care?!
This must not go into law, because it forces people to pay for things that contradict what people who are pro-life believe in, which is the right not to contribute to easier access to contraceptives for women. It’s been a tragedy enough to make the option available to women who even disagree with pro-life belief system.
do not force those who need insurance to pay for things against our conscience. Give us a free market, keep it that way
we are not a socialist country. do not take away our rights to have a moral conscience. contraception and abortion is what is destroying our country.
do not pass this bill!!!
By: Kathleen M. Virnig | August 9, 2011 at 11:33 am
It is against my conscience to pay for services which thwart life of another human being from being conceived through chemical,surgical or any other artificially created means. Life is allowed by our loving Creator, not merely by human beings. To tamper with God’s creation in this way is gravely and intrinsically evil. Therefore, to force payment for this questionable “service” by insurance policies would be very evil indeed!