Re: Uninsurable because she was raped.....
I'll be honest, I have a serious, serious problem with the accuracy of that article.
There are healthcare professionals EVERY DAY that take AIDS preventive drugs after needlesticks and never once have I ever heard that they were uninsurable.
The article DID NOT say that they cancelled her health insurance...she most likely let it lapse...her taking AIDS preventive drugs NO DOUBT raised questions for a POSSIBLE PRE-EXISTING condition just like ANY other chronic illness....they probably wanted documentation of what it was for, which would have been proven by a police report to document the rape.
I absolutely do not believe that anyone at any health insurance company told her that she would have to wait THREE YEARS to be insured to "prove" that she could remain AIDS free....because the most sophisticated test that we use is accurate by day 90 from infection...which is used by blood banks and organ transplant organizations, etc.
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