Apologies if this has already been covered.
mic.com/articles/176092/under-the-gop-s-health-plan-sexual-assault-would-be-considered-a-preexisting-condition#.UywpN94su
"According to Raw Story, the bill's recently added MacArthur Meadows Amendment would ditch the ACA's protections for preexisting conditions — sexual assault being one of them.
Under the amendment, states would have the all-clear to waive the ban preventing insurance companies from denying coverage to patients based on preexisting conditions. That means companies can also deny preventive health care services, like mammograms and gynecological exams, to these patients, which sexual assault survivors in particular rely on following an attack.
In 2010, before the ACA became law, the Huffington Post reported the story of Christina Turner, a 45-year-old woman who had been turned away by her insurance company because she'd been raped.
After being drugged and sexually assaulted, Turner's doctor prescribed her a month's worth of anti-AIDS medication, just in case. Though it turned out Turner hadn't been infected with the virus after all, when a prospective insurer saw the prescription on her health record, the company said it wouldn't cover her until — "in three or more years" — she proved she was still AIDS-free.
It's not just sexual assault that would be considered a preexisting condition under the GOP's plan.
Other gender-based conditions like postpartum depression, being a survivor of domestic violence or having gotten a C-section are also considered preexisting conditions."
This strongly brings back memories of that photo of Trump, surrounded by men, signing away women’s rights to abortion.
The idea of women being punished (by men) not only for having by far the more demanding reproductive role, but also for being sexually assaulted or attacked (by men) by either being denied healthcare or having to pay more for it is so repellent. I wonder if it will also lead to fewer women reporting that they’ve been assaulted or attacked for fear of being penalised. I suppose in Trump’s eyes, that can only be a good thing. Free to grab pussies with impunity. Oh wait, he already was.
The big cherry on this sexism cake is Dr Diane Horvath-Cosper saying, "Most of the people who have C-sections identify as women, so that's a shorthand for a gender discriminatory policy." Well, actually, I think the point is that 100% of people who have C-sections ARE women. This is biological, sex-based discrimination rather than gender-based, feelings-based discrimination after all -despite the fact that the two words are pretty much used interchangeably now.