Heres Whats At Stake For Women If Trump Repeals Obamacare
Donald Trump threatened to various degrees throughout his campaign, would leave 20 million Americans without insurance coverage. Recent studies show the huge risks women face should it be repealed.
According to a 2010 report from the National Women’s Law Center, up to 92 percent of companies on the individual insurance market used gender rating, which essentially enabled insurers to charge women more for the same health services men received. Due to this practice, women on average spent $1 billion more than men per year on health insurance.
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Some companies categorized pregnancy, as well as being a survivor of domestic violence or rape, as pre-existing conditions, which would have allowed them to deny a woman coverage. According to The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, since the ACA was enacted, companies can no longer deny coverage to women with such conditions.
“Insurance companies basically treated being a woman as a pre-existing condition,” Borchelt said. “Obamacare pretty much got rid of that altogether.”
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Being a woman is a pre existing condition
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