Domestic Violence
Health insurance companies are in the business of taking in premium payments and paying out a little as possible for health care. That is the way they make profits and satisfy their shareholders and Wall Street.
In 2006, attorney Jody Neal-Post tried to get health insurance but was rejected because of treatment — counseling and Valium — she received following a domestic-abuse incident. She says the insurer told her that her medical history made her a high risk, more likely to end up in the emergency room or require additional care.
“While the majority of states have barred insurance companies from using abuse as grounds for denying coverage, eight states and the District of Columbia don’t prohibit denying coverage for that reason.”
[Source: MSNBC]
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