House Republicans are set to vote on legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, after adding $8 billion to the bill aimed at reassuring moderate Republicans worried about higher costs for people with pre-existing conditions. But an amendment added to the bill (after it failed to muster enough votes the first go-around) effectively gives states permission to discriminate against women, opponents say, including survivors of sexual assault. “In one widely reported case, a 45-year-old woman met two men at a bar in Florida who bought her a drink. “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,” Scarmella wrote. Other things insurers could once again consider to be pre-existing conditions?

Source: Huffington Post May 04, 2017 17:20 UTC