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1) Re: This Is Bad Legislation [by the jurist on December 1, 2008]
Brilliant idea Anonymous Citizen! Population control, not treating diseases, allow insurance companies to discriminate against diseases of their choosing. Heck, why should health insurance pay for any disease or treat its symptoms because it is expensive or primarily effects women? Cut chemo! After all, cancer is just one of life's setbacks. Society will be better!
Huh, funny--my insurance will cover Viagra and abortions but not fertility. Nothing skewed there.
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How can someone even imply that if a person was "treated" with fertility medication they would think of an abortion. I disagree with abortion 100% unless the mothers life is in danger.
But, guess what....I have to pay for other people to have abortions with my tax dollars.
In addition I am infertile due to endometriosis but was fortunate after treatment. I was one of the few who have insurance to at least restore "normal" functioning of my anatomy due to my disease. My diseases deserve treatment just as yours.
I DARE YOU TO TELL MY DAUGHTER SHE DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE HERE BECAUSE HER MOTHER HAS ENDOMETRIOSIS AND HER FATHER HAD ISSUES THAT IMPAIRED OUR FERTILITY. SHE DESERVES TO BE HERE JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DO AND MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS MESSAGE BOARD BECAUSE I WILL RAISE HER TO RESPECT ALL PEOPLE EVEN WITH WHATEVER DIAGNOSIS THEY HAVE.
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What I am reading from many of you makes me sad. Do you realize that the inability to have a child can be related to many medical conditions. I can not think of any other diagnosis that an insurance company has the right to deny coverage when the final outcome could be as simple as restoring normal function of the body. For example some women do not ovulate on their own.
And by the way just because you go on fertility medication does not mean you will end up with multiple births. If managed correctly you will be put on doses that will allow you to ovulate one egg.
If fertility is not covered by insurance why do I have to pay for someone who gets cancer because they smoked or someone who has a heart attack because they are obese
With some of your reasoning people do not deserve health care unless they can pay for it out of pocket.
How sad!
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