Abortion battle threatens to upend health insurance push | TheHill

A battle over abortion is threatening to scuttle a possible bipartisan deal on providing billions of dollars to help laid-off workers keep their health insurance. Republicans have expressed openness to a Democratic proposal to provide subsidies to help millions of people losing their jobs stay on their old employer’s health insurance plan through a program called COBRA, according to congressional aides and others familiar with the talks. But Republicans say the new funding needs to include the Hyde Amendment or another restriction on federal money going towards health plans that cover abortion, an idea that Democrats oppose. ....
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/495737-abortion-battle-threatens-to-upend-new-health-insurance-push