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 Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:58 pm Post subject: Democrats vow to ban domestic violence as ‘pre-existing cond |
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http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/06/democrats-vow-to-ban-domestic-violence-as-pre-existing-condition/
| Quote: | By Alan Silverleib
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Top House Democrats on Tuesday slammed insurers who claim that domestic violence is a pre-existing condition that can be used to deny coverage to battered women.
They pledged to incorporate a ban on the practice in the health care reform legislation currently winding its way through Congress.
Forty-two states have already passed such a prohibition, according to a recent report from the National Women’s Law Center. Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming and the District of Columbia have not, however.
“Think of this,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. “You’ve survived domestic violence, and now you are discriminated (against) in the insurance market because you have a pre-existing medical condition. Well, that will all be gone.”
A spokesman for an association representing health insurance companies backed the proposed change.
“No one should be denied coverage because they are a victim of domestic abuse,” said Robert Zirkelbach, spokesman for America’s Health Insurance Plans.
–CNN’s Mary Snow and Shirley Zilberstein contributed to this report
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| Is it really necessary? Any idiot that thinks domestic violence is a preexisting condition needs his ass kicked, by victims of domestic violence. |
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Apparently it is necessary. I agree; insurance company CEOs who came up with this idea need to be harshly reprimanded.
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So long as any health insurance company is using domestic violence history as a pre-existing condition in order to deny care, yes, i'd say it's necessary. Currently, eight states and the District of Columbia reportedly still do not prohibit the practice of factoring in domestic violence history in health insurers' decisions to authorize care or renew policies.
From McClatchy:
| Quote: | | An informal survey by the House Judiciary Committee in 1994 found that half of the 16 largest insurers in the country considered domestic violence in deciding whether to approve health coverage. The Pennsylvania insurance Department reported a year or so later that nearly one out of four insurance companies factored in domestic violence when deciding whether to issue or renew policies. |
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