More Rhode Island Nonsense: Infertility Treatments Require A Wedding Ring

[ccharles000]

Gah. And the bill won't be reintroduced until Carcieri leaves office in 2011...


PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island lawmaker has abandoned her bill forcing health insurers to provide infertility treatment to unmarried people and gay couples after it ran into opposition.
Rep. Edith Ajello pulled the bill Wednesday ahead of a planned floor vote because she said it was unlikely to survive a veto from Gov. Don Carcieri.

Her proposal would have required health insurers in Rhode Island to provide infertility treatment to women up to 45 years old regardless of whether they are married. Under the current law, insurers need only provide that coverage to married women 42 or younger.

Gay marriage opponents in Rhode Island wanted the legislation defeated since it benefited same-sex couples.


And we can't have THAT! More below...

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/11314/more-rhode-island-nonsense-infertility-treatments-require-a-wedding-ring

[JerseygirlCT]

1. That's a ridiculous intrusion in the private relationship between

doctor and patient.

Her marital status have nothing to do with her heath problem, and a health problem is what infertility is.

[joeybee12]

2. RI is the most corrupt state in the union...seriously...I'm from CT and

even today, when you head to the beach in the summer, and cross over the CT line into RI, it's like you drop off a cliff their roads are so bad...it's like their entire budget is spent on graft.

[chemp]

5. Budget? for the highways? what's that?

when I was in high School, I used to call Rhode Island the Construction State due to all the summer rode work.
Now there are potholes you can lose your car in. Three consecutive Republican Governors and our rodes are complete SHIT.
I commute to Mass everyday, and you can see where the state line is.

Lincoln Chafee, are you gonna fix this?

[MADem]

3. That seems rather discriminatory. And I'm not just playing the gay card, either.

I am playing the "single" card. Why is the state deciding that a professional woman has to be married in order to have a kid? Seems a bit, er, paternalistic, to me. Faux morality at play.

Perhaps the women of the state should get together and put a referendum question on the ballot that advocates limiting VIAGRA prescriptions to men meeting certain standards of attractiveness--no saggy belly, saggy assed fatties. If you're bald, you'd better look like Mr. Clean. The pharmacist can turn you away if you're not properly turned out--sharp dressed men, only. If you're ugly, no blue pill for YOU!

Who'd stand for that? Those idiots have a LOT of nerve, IMO.

[KamaAina]

4. RI: Now the ONLY New England state not to recognize marriage equality

:grr:

Years ago, Imus, the radio host, used to have CT Gov. Lowell Weicker as an occasional guest. Once Weicker jokingly named Imus "Governor for a Day" (he maintains a residence in Southport, commuting distance from NYC).

The first thing Imus did as "Governor"? He declared war on Rhode Island, "because who needs Rhode Island?"

Who, indeed?

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[Odin2005]

6. That is a ridiculous intrusion into people's personal lives.

Something the bigots have no problem with, it seems.