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Moreno Pushes Audit to Ensure Abortion Funding Compliance

1/29/2026

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Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) advocates an audit to determine whether insurance companies use federal tax dollars for abortions.
The audit would facilitate negotiations over enhanced Obamacare subsidies that expired last year.
The audit would ensure Hyde Amendment compliance.
The proposed bill includes measures against ghost enrollees and restricts noncitizen subsidy eligibility.
Some centrist Democrats are open to revising subsidy guardrails, while Democratic leadership favors a straightforward extension.

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Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) advocates an audit to determine whether insurance companies use federal tax dollars for abortions.
The audit would facilitate negotiations over enhanced Obamacare subsidies that expired last year.
The audit would ensure Hyde Amendment compliance.
The proposed bill includes measures against ghost enrollees and restricts noncitizen subsidy eligibility.
Some centrist Democrats are open to revising subsidy guardrails, while Democratic leadership favors a straightforward extension.