I’m so worried about this vindictive Obamacare repeal. The Republicans seem to literally not give a sh*t about people and are targeting the poor and the needy in such a vicious way that it’s likely to result in people dying and companies not helping those who need it the most…. such as rape victims!
I wanted to share part from a post on the Hill.
So far, we know that about 24 million Americans stand to lose their health insurance coverage if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is replaced with the American Health Care Act (AHCA). We know that most of those 24 million people will be low-income.
We also know that groups of people who experience significant health care disparities, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and Black and Latino people, will be among those who risk losing the most if the ACA is repealed. To that list, we must add survivors of sexual violence.
Before passage of the ACA in 2010, sexual assault survivors who had sought medical care for their injuries could be denied health insurance coverage at a later date. The reason? Health insurers often categorized rape as a pre-existing health condition.
In one widely reported case, a 45-year-old woman met two men at a bar in Florida who bought her a drink.
Hours later, she found herself lying by the side of the road with injuries indicating that she had been raped and that the men had spiked her drink. Her doctor prescribed a treatment of anti-viral, post-HIV exposure drugs to protect against HIV transmission.
When the woman lost her health insurance several months after the attack, she was unable to obtain new insurance due to the health care treatment she had received for the assault. She went without health insurance for three years.
Please finish reading the piece here on the Hill. We really need to be aware of the giant mess that’s headed our way.
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