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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LIVID here.  Abortions are covered in these 3 circumstances, rape, incest, life of the mother.  When they say "life of the mother" they mean your life is in immediate danger unless the pregnancy is terminated in the next 10 minutes.  That means severe preeclampsia, bp shooting through the roof, organs beginning to fail, they will cover it.  Diagnosed with cancer and you need to terminate in order to get chemo, probably not.

It also does not cover termination when the fetus has an anomoly.  My baby had anencephaly and my abortion was not covered.  I hve the letter from BCBS saying that "yes, we saw that your baby had anencephaly but our medical experts determined that you could have carried to term."

Go back and search the archives using LIVID.  The first postings should begin around October-November 2008.  You will see the detailed account of my fight with the insurance carrier, my lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill, Diane Feinstein telling my story on the Senate floor during the ACA debate and my profile in the Federal Diary.

Bottom line, if something goes wrong in your pregancy and you need to terminate it will not be covered by the Feds health insurance.[/quote]

I'm sorry to here that PP.

LIVID here.  First of all, when we went in for the abortion I wasn't aware of the provisions.  Our insurance coverage really wasn't the first thing on our minds.  It wasn't until I started getting the denials of coverage from the insurance company that I found out about the provisions.  Second, I am guessing, but I'm not certain, that I would have had to file a police report that the insurance company would have requested and the police report would have to be dated about 11 weeks earlier than the date of my termination.  Third, I wasn't raped.  My husband and I wanted to have a baby.  I don't think I could have filed a police report after the fact and even if I could, I wouldn't claim that my husband raped me in order to get insurance coverage.  I would never claim that my husband raped me in the first place, and second, I believe that is at the very least fraud.[/quote]

Understood, but can an insurance company force you to file a police report? That's a scary concept. I just think that the whole thing is insane.[/quote]

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