http://www.1115.org/2007/07/19/health-care-vs-campaign-finance/ west coast cap peelers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:48:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.1115.org/2007/07/19/health-care-vs-campaign-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-58785 i hate oxford Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:21:34 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2007/07/19/health-care-vs-campaign-finance/#comment-58785 i spent 51 minutes on the phone with my insurance company yesterday and got nowhere. i'm trying to get pre-conception genetic testing. apparently, genetic testing is only "medically necessary" (and therefore covered) once a woman is pregnant. my doctor explained that all the necessary tests could be done in the first trimester allowing "plenty of time," by which she meant "plenty of time to abort." so here we have plenty of technology to allow couples to make informed choices about conceiving, but health insurance companies who withhold funds for such tests, but who would pay for an abortion if the tests, done later, would make that medically necessary. brilliant. i spent 51 minutes on the phone with my insurance company yesterday and got nowhere. i’m trying to get pre-conception genetic testing. apparently, genetic testing is only “medically necessary” (and therefore covered) once a woman is pregnant. my doctor explained that all the necessary tests could be done in the first trimester allowing “plenty of time,” by which she meant “plenty of time to abort.” so here we have plenty of technology to allow couples to make informed choices about conceiving, but health insurance companies who withhold funds for such tests, but who would pay for an abortion if the tests, done later, would make that medically necessary. brilliant.

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