[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4367]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             WOMEN'S HEALTH

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, for too long, women have faced 
discrimination at the hands of insurance companies who label pregnancy 
as a preexisting condition and then deny coverage or charge more for 
it.
  Erin from Chicago writes:

       When I found out I was pregnant, I had full insurance 
     coverage. I was told, however, that I did not have a 
     pregnancy rider and therefore my pregnancy would not be 
     covered. How can I pay for health insurance that will not 
     cover a vital part of a woman's life? I was asked if I wanted 
     to purchase the rider that would not take effect for over 365 
     days.

  Thanks to ObamaCare, insurers will no longer be able to get away with 
this. Beginning in 2014, insurers cannot deny or charge more for any 
preexisting condition, and that would include pregnancy.

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