HOLLADAY, Utah -
Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is responsible for one of the most unexpected provisions of the Senate's Healthcare overhaul: language that encourages insurers to pay for spiritual care. The provision is seen largely as a nod to Christian Scientists, who rely on prayer practitioners rather than medical doctors for medical care.
"It's very effective and I rely on it," said Christian Science Utah Spokesperson Elizabeth Beall, "Actually my mother, grandmother and great grandparents relied on it. It's nothing new." Beall says the provision is an acknowledgement that if individuals are forced to buy health insurance, that insurance should pay for the type of health care they rely on.
Lincoln Nehring with the Utah Health Policy Project says that conflicts with one of the major goals of health reform: controlling costs. "What I'm worried about is we're gonna mandate that services that don't have value are paid for," Nehring said.
FOX 13's Max Roth reports.
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"It's very effective and I rely on it," said Christian Science Utah Spokesperson Elizabeth Beall, "Actually my mother, grandmother and great grandparents relied on it. It's nothing new." Beall says the provision is an acknowledgement that if individuals are forced to buy health insurance, that insurance should pay for the type of health care they rely on.
Lincoln Nehring with the Utah Health Policy Project says that conflicts with one of the major goals of health reform: controlling costs. "What I'm worried about is we're gonna mandate that services that don't have value are paid for," Nehring said.
FOX 13's Max Roth reports.
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