"NH Woman Loses Insurance Coverage for Her Politics"

GreenPartyVoter

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Thu Jan-13-05 03:05 PM
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"NH Woman Loses Insurance Coverage for Her Politics"

Helen Johnston is an 80-year-old retired pediatrician who hardly considers herself much of a risk for being sued.

That's not how her insurance company sees it, however.

Johnston is losing extra coverage she bought years ago while she still practiced medicine - not because she's a retired doctor, but because she is active in Francestown politics.

The Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co. sent her a letter last month notifying her it is not renewing her $1 million umbrella policy next month because of "the political positions the insured holds."

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0113-12.htm

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Downtown Hound

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Thu Jan-13-05 03:08 PM
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1. I'm curious, has this happened to any Republicans?

If the answer is no, which I'm willing to bet that it is, I'm not in the least bit surprised.

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Reverend_Smitty

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Thu Jan-13-05 03:11 PM
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2. So they are dropping her because she supported Dean...

hmmmm, sounds like a job for the ACLU!

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DancingBear

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Thu Jan-13-05 03:13 PM
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3. This has to be a lawsuit waiting to happen

Hopefully someone privy to Providence Mutual can check to see if any Repub lawmakers have umbrella policies through them.

Why am I willing to bet big money they do?

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snippy

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Thu Jan-13-05 03:14 PM
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4. This is what happens when people vote republican. n/t

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baba

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Thu Jan-13-05 03:53 PM
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5. How can this possibly be legal? n/t

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LuLu550

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Thu Jan-13-05 04:54 PM
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6. how is most of what the right wing does legal?

oh, that is because it isn't legal they do it as long as they get away with it. The only thing stopping them is lawsuits....which is why they want TORT reform.

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