USA: Still backwards, still uncivilised.

[theweaselking]

It is still legal in nine states for insurers to reject applicants who are survivors of domestic violence, citing the history of domestic violence as a pre-existing condition .

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[gothpanda.livejournal.com]

even better: The insurance company can accept your application, take your premiums for 10 years, and then when you end up in the hospital reject your claim and cancel your insurance policy because you forgot to mention that your boyfriend beat you when you were 18.

Fucked. Up.

[peevishkellie.livejournal.com]

But... what... oh for FUCK'S sake.

*headdesk*

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

You are KIDDINg me?

This kind of barbarism is grossly ridiculous in any country that considers it self civilised - and certainly any country with the wealth of the US