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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed May 3, 2017, 08:52 PM May 2017

Under the GOP's health plan, sexual assault would be considered a preexisting condition

Marie Solis

After failing to bring their Affordable Care Act replacement to a vote in March, GOP legislators have come armed with a new health care plan that may be even more heartless than their last.

According to Raw Story, the bill's recently added MacArthur Meadows Amendment would ditch the ACA's protections for preexisting conditions — sexual assault being one of them.

Under the amendment, states would have the all-clear to waive the ban preventing insurance companies from denying coverage to patients based on preexisting conditions. That means companies can also deny preventive health care services, like mammograms and gynecological exams, to these patients, which sexual assault survivors in particular rely on following an attack.

https://mic.com/articles/176092/under-the-gop-s-health-plan-sexual-assault-would-be-considered-a-preexisting-condition#.J7HCZPq40

The next time someone tells you to try to understand or appeal to a Trump voter just remember this!

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Under the GOP's health plan, sexual assault would be considered a preexisting condition (Original Post) hrmjustin May 2017 OP

Heartless is exactly the word! CaliforniaPeggy May 2017 #1

we just HAVE tio find an effective way to frame this... dhill926 May 2017 #2

They are not only MONSTERS, bt LIARS! The Con and his spokesmen ALL said Pre-existing napi21 May 2017 #3

A smarter approach might be to explain this to voters mythology May 2017 #4

More of the Rethuglican effort neeksgeek May 2017 #5

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,627 posts)

1. Heartless is exactly the word!

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed May 3, 2017, 09:04 PM

May 2017

As is soulless.

These people are monsters. And all for a buck, to save money.

dhill926

(16,339 posts)

2. we just HAVE tio find an effective way to frame this...

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed May 3, 2017, 09:16 PM

May 2017

for the coming elections. Gotta be trump voters who will realize how fucked up this all is....right? Or least those lazy shits that didn't vote for whatever reason. Elections do have fucking consequences...

napi21

(45,806 posts)

3. They are not only MONSTERS, bt LIARS! The Con and his spokesmen ALL said Pre-existing

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed May 3, 2017, 09:19 PM

May 2017

Conditions are FOR SURE preserved in their HC Plan. I've even heard some reporters argue about it but they all stick with their lies!!!

mythology

(9,527 posts)

4. A smarter approach might be to explain this to voters

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed May 3, 2017, 09:38 PM

May 2017

It astounds me at how cynical people are that people can't change.

Look at how quickly public opinion changed on same sex marriage. In the early 2000s, Republicans put amendments banning same sex marriage to drive turnout. And did so successfully. And just a few years later same sex marriage was winning elections and became not just the law of the land, but supported by the majority. If people can change on that, they can change on other things.

neeksgeek

(1,214 posts)

5. More of the Rethuglican effort

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed May 3, 2017, 09:52 PM

May 2017

To blame the victims of sexual assault, slut-shame women, and Make Rape Great Again.

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