Insurance Companies Considering Domestic Violence a Pre-Existing Condition

An insurance company using a pre-existing conditions clause to deny a claim is nothing new; but classifying a victim of domestic violence as having a pre-existing condition is. Half of the largest insurance companies have used domestic violence as a factor when deciding whether to extend coverage. I look forward to a time when I can spend my days perfectly still, inside a box of packing peanuts to avoid higher insurance premiums.

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Re:Another excuse to deny coverage

[lena_10326]

Some of you "men" will never understand. This is why.

Who Is At Greatest Risk for Domestic Violence?

Women ages 20 to 34, and increasingly, adolescent girls. Women who abuse alcohol or other drugs or whose partners do. Women who are poor. Women attempting to leave their abusers. Battered women increase their risk for murder when they try to escape. (New York City Department of Health)

No matter what the rate of violence or who initiates the violence, women are 7 to 10 times more likely to be injured in acts of intimate violence than are men. (Bureau of Justice Statistics)

It's unfortunate I have to spell this out for you because you're so effing _____. Young, vulnerable, poor women who have no where else to go and believe they will be murdered if they attempt to leave. It is unlikely you will ever feel such a thing in 1,000 of your lifetimes.

http://www.silentwitness.net/sub/violences.htm