An amendment in the GOP health-care-reform bill will allow states to deny coverage for preexisting conditions, including sexual assault.
Pre-Obamacare rape survivors who sought treatment for their injuries could be denied health care later on. Under Obamacare, preexisting conditions were guaranteed to receive coverage — among them, sexual assault. The American Health Care Act is going to change that.
The new MacArthur-Meadows Amendment will allow states to discriminate based on medical history, reportedly without addressing the subsequent high cost of health care for millions of Americans.
In addition to rape, postpartum depression, cesarean sections, and surviving domestic violence are all considered preexisting conditions. Companies can also deny coverage for gynecological services and mammograms.
President Trump, who thinks Bill O’Reilly has done nothing wrong, has a litany of sexual harassment claims against him, and is responsible for the quote “grab ’em by the pussy,” tweeted that he will “[take] care of pre-existing conditions!”
...healthcare plan is on its way. Will have much lower premiums & deductibles while at the same time taking care of pre-existing conditions! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 30, 2017
The amendment also reads, “Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting health insurance issuers to discriminate in rates for health insurance coverage by gender.”
Maybe Ivanka will stand up this time and explain that the majority of people who get pregnant, are domestically abused, or are raped are women.
As you can see, Sean Spicer has had a hell of a time defending Donald Trump’s controversial tweets.
AlpacaFight on May 4th, 2017 at 17:06 UTC »
What a great way to keep new mothers from reporting signs of PPD.
Gullyvuhr on May 4th, 2017 at 16:58 UTC »
This is what happens when Medicine is a business.
It's not about rape, postpartum depression, or domestic violence.. it's about the fact that these are not binary, curable issues that can be qualified with treatment and an end date. It means insurance must be willing to treat the patient until they are better, which could be an entire lifetime.. and that's too expensive to take on against the required profit margins.
GIMME_ALL_THE_BABIES on May 4th, 2017 at 16:01 UTC »
As someone who is pregnant with identical twins, I have chosen to get a c-section because it is too high risk to try to deliver my babies vaginally, as they share a placenta. This was recommended by my doctors. So now, because I am having a planned procedure that is recommended due to something completely reasonable, I will have a pre-existing condition. This will mean that should we ever switch insurance, I will probably have an exclusionary period for claims related to my uterus or abdominal issues. They could probably deny claims that are completely unrelated. For having had a procedure that is safe and recommended. Luckily, we don't plan to have more children and I don't plan on leaving my company anytime soon, but this could really screw over people who want to build their families after having a c-section. I'm still thoroughly freaked out by the implications of this.