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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnder Trumpcare plan, rape would be considered a pre-existing condition
Under Trumpcare plan, rape would be considered a pre-existing conditionPosted By: Nathan Wellman May 3, 2017
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.
http://resistancereport.com/news/trumpcare-plan-rape-considered-preexisting/
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Under Trumpcare plan, rape would be considered a pre-existing condition (Original Post)
workinclasszero
May 2017
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TCJ70
(4,387 posts)1. I really don't understand how anyone votes for this with these things being in there...
...I mean, I get it since I've observed Republicans actions over the past 17 years, but wrapping my brain around it hurts. So stupid, harsh, mean-spirited, and morally deplorable.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)3. Republicans are libertarian scumbags who hate anyone that isn't rich
They are terrorists in suits and ties.
Their Republican Randian religion is to oppress and destroy anyone that isn't rich.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,735 posts)2. Clearly these assholes see women as lower than dirt.
A pox on them.
Doodley
(9,089 posts)4. I really believe that any lawmaker who supports this is an evil bastard.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)5. But...but...
All republicans are "Pro-Life" don't you know?