Eight States Still Allow Insurance Companies To Use Domestic Violence As Pre-Existing Condition

Eight states and the District of Columbia don't have laws that specifically bar insurance companies from using domestic violence as a pre-existing condition to deny health coverage, according to a study from the National Women's Law Center. Full Story »

Posted by Fabrice Florin - via Tom Friedman, Huffington Post (Health Care), Patrick Ruffini

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Patricia Blochowiak
4.2
by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 5, 2009

Provides a good summary of evidence of discrimination on the basis of victim status, including uncertainty regarding some of the evidence and including comments by those accused of not supporting changing the law.

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