In eight states and DC, domestic violence victims (even those who have moved out on the batterer) can be refused health insurance because battering is a “pre-existing condition.” In 2006, Republicans killed a legislative provision that would have forbidden that practice. Mike Enzi, now one of the “Gang of Six” joined in, and defended, the effort to kill the provision, reasoning that it would increase insurance rates.
Savor that for a moment. Republicans voted solidly against giving crime victims access to health insurance.
link: Battering as a “pre-existing condition” « The Reality-Based Community
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