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NEWS ABOUT: pre-existing condition

pre-existing condition stories: 6 news summaries
secret weapon

 Michelle Pushes 
 for Health Reform 

First lady makes case for overhaul in  personal terms

Oct 23, 09 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama rejoined the push for health care reform today, making the administration's case in an event at the White House and an online video message. Speaking with Jill Biden at a gathering for breast cancer survivors, Obama decried the fact that patients can’t get insurance because cancer in... More »

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health care • breast cancer • Michelle Obama • health care reform • women's issues • health insurance industry • pre-existing condition

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Insurers Drop Rape Victims Who Take HIV Meds

Assaulted women locked out of health care

Oct 22, 09 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sexual assault victims prescribed precautionary HIV/AIDS meds risk being denied health insurance—because they have a pre-existing condition. The vast majority never develop the disease, but many have lost their insurance altogether, the Huffington Post reports. Others have been denied mental health care for PTSD that arose after they were... More »

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health insurance • AIDS • HIV • rape • HIV/AIDS • sexual assault • women's issues • health insurance industry • pre-existing condition • America's Health Insurance Plans

Health Reform Could Mean More Treatment Denials

None of the current bills force insurers to actually treat patients

Oct 19, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health care reform would force insurers to accept everyone, even those with pre-existing conditions; but it wouldn’t actually force them to treat those patients. None of the reform bills pending on Capitol Hill would restrict insurers’ ability to deny procedures for their customers, the LA Times reports. In... More »

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health insurance • health care reform • denial • health insurance exchange • health insurance industry • pre-existing condition

Want to Save Dad? Insurance Won't Let You

And Congress fatcats need to overhaul this 'disgrace' now: Kristof

Oct 4, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - So dear old dad desperately needs a kidney, and the docs say you're the best fit. Tough luck, writes Nicholas Kristof in a look at the case of David Waddington, whose two sons can't donate—because pre-donation screening might reveal to insurance companies that they have the same genetic condition... More »

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health insurance • genetic testing • health care reform • kidney disease • Nicholas Kristof • pre-existing condition

Wife-Beating Branded a  'Pre-Existing Condition'

Eight states allow insurance firms to deny coverage to abused spouses

Sep 15, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - It is legal in eight states and in DC for insurers to reject victims of domestic violence because being beaten up by your spouse qualifies as "a pre-existing health condition" the Huffington Post reports. If you're in a marriage where it's happened once, the logic goes, you're more likely... More »

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health care • health insurance • domestic violence • health care reform • domestic abuse • Mike Enzi • health insurance industry • pre-existing condition

(Newser) - Insurance companies are being hit from all sides on at least one issue—in industry jargon, it's called rescission. In the real world, it's when insurers cancel coverage because they say a customer has lied to them about a preexisting condition or some other issue. It's not clear how many... More »

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health insurance • insurance companies • application • health care reform • insurance fraud • rescission • pre-existing condition

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