"While the storm continues to circulate around proposed health care reform, it is clear it should be called health INSURANCE reform. And while "death panel" arguments make the rounds of the conservative pundits, they fail to address the "death panels" already existing in the form of, once again, insurance companies
. Take a look at some reports about crazy insurance company opinions on "pre-existing conditions."

An example from earlier this week comes from HuffPo. Did you know that in eight states, and the District of Columbia, domestic violence is a pre-existing condition. Not only is it bad enough to be beaten by your spouse, this just adds insult to injury.

To be honest, it makes sense when you consider insurance companies care only about the bottom line: if you are married to someone who has beaten you in the past, you're more likely to get beaten again. Therefore, you are more expensive to insure.

While many may think that someone will leave a relationship once beaten, that's not the case. Speaking with a psychologist, many of these relationships are co-dependent, and the person taking the beating will return given reassurances by the beater that "it won't happen again." It usually does, however.

It's also clear that women are subjected to a pregnancy surcharge. Because women can get pregnant, as described in a recent Perspective series entry on NPR, they usually are charged more for health insurance. The younger (and more fertile) are charged still more. For example, women in California pay an average of 39% more than men."

More at source: SNAFU-ed .... Situation Normal: Pre-Existing Condition Craziness Highlights the Need for Health Insurance Reform (http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com/2009/09/pre-existing-condition-craziness.html)

"While the storm continues to circulate around proposed health care reform, it is clear it should be called health INSURANCE reform. And while "death panel" arguments make the rounds of the conservative pundits, they fail to address the "death panels" already existing in the form of, once again, insurance companies
. Take a look at some reports about crazy insurance company opinions on "pre-existing conditions."

An example from earlier this week comes from HuffPo. Did you know that in eight states, and the District of Columbia, domestic violence is a pre-existing condition. Not only is it bad enough to be beaten by your spouse, this just adds insult to injury.

To be honest, it makes sense when you consider insurance companies care only about the bottom line: if you are married to someone who has beaten you in the past, you're more likely to get beaten again. Therefore, you are more expensive to insure.

While many may think that someone will leave a relationship once beaten, that's not the case. Speaking with a psychologist, many of these relationships are co-dependent, and the person taking the beating will return given reassurances by the beater that "it won't happen again." It usually does, however.

It's also clear that women are subjected to a pregnancy surcharge. Because women can get pregnant, as described in a recent Perspective series entry on NPR, they usually are charged more for health insurance. The younger (and more fertile) are charged still more. For example, women in California pay an average of 39% more than men."

More at source: SNAFU-ed .... Situation Normal: Pre-Existing Condition Craziness Highlights the Need for Health Insurance Reform (http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com/2009/09/pre-existing-condition-craziness.html)

So dump the louse and get a tubal ligation. Problem solved!

Please bow your heads in silence, while I read from the Book of Episiotomy, First Cesareans, chapter 6.

"While the storm continues to circulate around proposed health care reform, it is clear it should be called health INSURANCE reform. And while "death panel" arguments make the rounds of the conservative pundits, they fail to address the "death panels" already existing in the form of, once again, insurance companies
. Take a look at some reports about crazy insurance company opinions on "pre-existing conditions."

An example from earlier this week comes from HuffPo. Did you know that in eight states, and the District of Columbia, domestic violence is a pre-existing condition. Not only is it bad enough to be beaten by your spouse, this just adds insult to injury.

To be honest, it makes sense when you consider insurance companies care only about the bottom line: if you are married to someone who has beaten you in the past, you're more likely to get beaten again. Therefore, you are more expensive to insure.

While many may think that someone will leave a relationship once beaten, that's not the case. Speaking with a psychologist, many of these relationships are co-dependent, and the person taking the beating will return given reassurances by the beater that "it won't happen again." It usually does, however.

It's also clear that women are subjected to a pregnancy surcharge. Because women can get pregnant, as described in a recent Perspective series entry on NPR, they usually are charged more for health insurance. The younger (and more fertile) are charged still more. For example, women in California pay an average of 39% more than men."

More at source: SNAFU-ed .... Situation Normal: Pre-Existing Condition Craziness Highlights the Need for Health Insurance Reform (http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com/2009/09/pre-existing-condition-craziness.html)

Thank goodness for the second ammendment!!!

Men pay more for car insurance because they tend to be more aggressive drivers. So what?