Alan Silverleib

Dems take on domestic violence as 'pre-existing condition'

CNN (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009

By Alan Silverleib CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Top House Democrats on Tuesday slammed insurers who claim that domestic violence is a pre-existing condition that can be used to deny coverage to battered women.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was among those targeting the coverage practice.They pledged to incorporate a ban on the practice in the health care reform legislation winding its way through...

Domestic violence a 'pre-existing condition'?

CNN (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009

By Alan Silverleib CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Top House Democrats on Tuesday slammed insurers who claim that domestic violence is a pre-existing condition that can be used to deny coverage to battered women.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was among those targeting the coverage practice.They pledged to incorporate a ban on the practice in the health care reform legislation winding its way through...

• Dems take on domestic violence as 'pre-existing condition' - CNN
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