Fact check: Rape is a preexisting condition now under Trump.

justsomeantifas:

thewinddrifter:

justsomeantifas:

Sorry but all those scare-headlines that keep saying “acne is a pre-existing condition now,” “being a rape or domestic violence survivor is now a pre-existing condition under Trump,” is kinda bullshit. It isn’t “now,” anything these have been considered pre-existing conditions long before Trump took office. Many of the articles these past couple days with these headlines have since revised them because they caused a viral amount of misinformation. Let me explain…

Maybe a lot of you don’t remember but before the Affordable Care Act, people were constantly denied insurance or charged more due to the very long range of pre-existing conditions. All those stories about “____ is a pre-existing condition now,” is referencing those who were already being denied years ago. Yes, people were denied and charged more for heavy periods, being trans, postpartum depression, c-sections, and seeking treatment for rape and domestic abuse but this is nothing new. This shit was evil long before Trump came around. 

The American Health Care Act does NOT specifically mention any pre-existing conditions, like a lot of articles and people are saying. The headlines that suggest so, and those that keep messaging us that info, are misleading to say the least. The AHCA lays groundwork to give states the options to opt out of protections for those with pre-existing conditions, but there’s no list of what is and isn’t considered one. This is scary enough without needlessly lying to people about what could come if this bill passes. The GOP bill allowing states to opt out of these protections means that people with pre-existing conditions could be charged higher premiums, extremely higher premiums that basically squeeze people out of insurance because it’s unaffordable. 

As far as those headlines that read something like “Under Trumpcare, rape is now a pre-existing condition,” it requires some explanation. Again, there’s nothing in the AHCA that lists specific pre-existing conditions, this referencing back to the days of being charged more and denied coverage over pre-existing conditions. While rape and domestic violence victims weren’t explicitly listed by insurers, they were denying/charging more to survivors due to the conditions of their assaults. Prior the the ACA, people who were assaulted in these ways were denied coverage and charged more based off the treatment they sought afterwards. For example, HIV preventative medications and therapy commonly left victims uninsured or charged more because mental health issues and sexually-transmitted illnesses are commonly listed by insurers as pre-existing conditions. “Rape and sexual assault,” were never outright listed as a pre-existing condition, neither was “domestic abuse.” 

The AHCA doesn’t change what is or is not a pre-existing condition, all this evil shit has been around for a long time and the health insurance companies write those definitions for themselves. It does not single out sexual assault or any other medical issue as a pre-existing condition. If this bill passes in it’s current form then it’s very possible we will see similar results from the pre-ACA days but it’s certainly not new. 

Basically a lot of you don’t know how this all works or what’s in the AHCA so maybe research it a bit before spreading blatant misinformation. 

Good to hear the specifics on this, thanks. It’s still really really bad though. 

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The AHCA lays groundwork to give states the options to opt out of protections for those with pre-existing conditions. 

The GOP bill allowing states to opt out of these protections means that people with pre-existing conditions could be charged higher premiums, extremely higher premiums that basically squeeze people out of insurance because it’s unaffordable.

The end result is basicaly the same, millions of people could be charged far far more or lose their insurance entirely, if their insurance provider decides to, because they’re a victim of rape.

Thankfully the Senate killed it even before it was slid across the table but now we’ll have to contend with whatever Hell law they’ll try to come up.

“Thankfully the Senate killed it even before it was slid across the table but now we’ll have to contend with whatever Hell law they’ll try to come up.“

Again, another piece of misinformation over these past couple days. The Senate hasn’t decided on anything. The vote won’t be for a while and there are those who have expressed they want to amend the bill or not vote it in at all, but as of right now it’s not dead.

Senate Republicans are going to try to use rules to pass a bill with a simple majority but even then they can only afford to lose two votes. As a result, GOP leaders have set up a working group of senators to try search for compromises that could unite enough Republicans to get the votes. Some Senate Republicans have talked about writing their own bill and there’s been talks of amendments – but even the Senate Republicans know the House Republicans won’t go for their proposed changes. 

This bill is NOT dead. It’s very possible that it will never make it to the floor but people didn’t think the AHCA could pass in the House and they banded together. Some did so simply because it repeals Obamacare and that’s a major goal for most republicans so don’t think that it’s impossible for this to pass.