Under Trumpcare plan, rape would be considered a pre-existing condition
http://resistancereport.com/news/trumpcare-plan-rape-considered-preexisting/
by Nathan Wellman at the Resistance Report
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Republican legislators recent attempts at passing healthcare legislation has consistently penalized the poor and the elderly, but their latest incarnation will add a new target to the list: rape victims.
The bills MacArthur Meadows Amendment would allow states to permit insurance companies to deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions. Bizarrely, the term pre-existing condition applies to sexual assault, postpartum depression, C-sections, and victims of domestic violence.
While its important to note that this definition of pre-existing condition existed before Obamacare passed, no language in the MacArthur Meadows Amendment has changed this interpretation. Ironically, the Amendment itself states, Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting health insurance issuers to discriminate in rates for health insurance coverage by gender.
Back in 2010, it was legal in several states to deny somebody coverage because they were a domestic abuse survivor. That was considered a pre-existing condition, said Dr. Diane Horvath-Cosper of Physicians for Reproductive Health. She added: Most of the people who have C-sections identify as women, so thats a shorthand for a gender discriminatory policy.
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