Scathed Abortion Clinics Study Insurance Options
The fire
started on the roof and destroyed much of the
building's interior, but spared patient records.
Over a year later, the case remains open; no arrests
have been made.
The owners of the independent, private clinic, Nancy
Armstrong and Shelley Pacheco, managed to reopen
within weeks in a nearby trailer while the clinic
was being renovated.
But then they got hit by more bad news. West
American Insurance Company said it was canceling
their policy--for $1,600 a year--since its
underwriting manual prohibited covering abortion
providers.
"When the fire first happened, the underwriters went
to our broker and said, 'We didn't know they did
abortions. We're not paying for this.' Well, it says
clearly on our application that's what we did,"
Pacheco said. Read more
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