Twice a victim: battered women find getting insurance is the second hurdle to pass

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Insurance company discrimination against victims of spousal abuse is forcing victims to choose between remaining silent about abuse and risking higher health and life insurance rates. A significant number of insurance companies rate domestic violence as a factor that can raise rates or result in a denial of coverage. Insurance companies typically learn about abuse from medical, court or police records. Women that attempt to document their abuse by seeing a doctor or seek help from the police or the courts are subjecting themselves to additional harm at the hands of insurers.

Health aspects, Health insurance, Abused women, Insurance, Family violence, Domestic violence

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AIDS orphans: the forgotten victims

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The increase in women among the population with HIV is resulting in increased numbers of healthy children orphaned by AIDS, but the law in most states is unprepared to deal with the particular legal problems faced in such families. In most states, guardianship laws are not structured to facilitate a smooth transition when a parent with AIDS dies, and family members best suited to caring for the child are left out. The funding and services that helped to support the parent with AIDS and the child also end at the patient's death, though the child still needs assistance.

Social aspects, Care and treatment, Children, AIDS patients, AIDS (Disease), Orphans, Children of AIDS patients

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Who turns in Uncle Sam for child abuse? Foster kids are often last in line for medical services

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Many foster children fail to get basic medical services due to neglect by state and county governments. The number of foster children doubled between 1982 and 1990 and is expected to double again by the year 2000. These rising numbers have strained the ability of cash-starved governments to provide basic services. The lack of infrastructure to ensure that foster children's needs are assessed and met is a prime cause deteriorating services. Class action suits in West Virginia and Alabama showed how the children's rights could be protected.

Child health services, Foster children, states

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