OUTRAGEOUS!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?
No, the AHCA Doesn’t Make Rape a Preexisting Condition…
#MAGA/AHCA ANALYST: Megan Barth, is the Founder and Proprietor of ReaganBabe.com, and a nationally recognized political commentator and women’s advocate.
“One of the regressive left’s favorite pastimes is portraying Republicans as misogynists with a special affinity for rapists. From relentless attacks on Todd Akin to their kangaroo college courts on sexual assault to hammering the religious beliefs of those who believe that life is a gift from God, even when that life begins with a sexual assault, the regressive drum beat thumps out “Republicans are evil, Republicans hate women, Republicans support rapists,” and it works for them.
The latest version of this dishonest meme is the widespread insistence that the American Health Care Act (AHCA) “makes rape a preexisting condition.”
The logic behind this claim is tortured. The Washington Post reports:
Advocates and media reports highlighted individual stories of survivors of sexual assault or rape claiming they were denied coverage because of conditions relating to the abuse.
One prominent example is Christina Turner, former insurance underwriter who was prescribed anti-AIDS medicine as a precaution after she was sexually assaulted. Turner, then 45 years old, was quoted in news reports in October 2009 saying she was unable to obtain insurance coverage because insurers told her that the HIV medication raised too many health concerns. Recent media coverage all linked back to one Huffington Post article, even though health coverage has changed since then.
“Given that the treatment she received was directly associated with rape and sexual assault and subsequently denied health care coverage because of it — it is the same thing as making rape a pre-existing conditions,” said Karin Roland, chief campaigns officer at UltraViolet.”
READ: legalinsurrection.com/2017/05/liberals-shamelessly-exploit-rape-victims-to-attack-house-health-care-bill/
READ: reason.com/blog/2017/05/05/rape-not-preexisting-condition-in-acha
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