Health Insurance Protesters Coming to D.C.
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A coalition of groups supporting healthcare reform are planning to protest at the annual America’s Health Insurance Plans conference. Much of the anger in the debate has been directed towards insurers. The liberal group Health Care For America Now has promised that hundreds of protesters will descend on Washington later this week. The conference is being held at the Capital Hilton Hotel through the 23rd of October.
According to the New York Times, the protests will include individuals who have struggled with health insurance companies. Some feel that for-profit insurance companies have greater motivation to reject many individuals whom they consider bad risks. While it makes sense to discourage people from waiting until they’re very sick to buy insurance, certain groups believe that private insurers have gone too far in what they consider a pre-existing condition (e.g a Cesarean section birth). While there are varying opinions about health care, there’s a lot of blame to go around.
