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Virginia Amputees Challenge Insurance Lobby to Compromise
Date:2/2/2009

even pointed to Virginia's recently amended bill as one they would like to adopt.

"The fact that 11 other states have already passed similar legislation, with legislation pending in numerous other states, and that the insurance lobby in Virginia's neighboring state wants to adopt our bill, begs the question why this legislation is being opposed in Virginia," Coulter added.

These amendments ensure that, at the time of purchasing a health insurance policy, people are afforded the opportunity to make a choice about what type of prosthetic coverage they will receive.

"The reality today is that no one ever expects to lose a limb, and as a result, few people rarely think about how to pay for a prosthesis or even know what kind of coverage they have through their insurance policy, until they need a prosthesis," Coulter said. "To deny them coverage for an artificial limb and force them to a wheelchair denies them the opportunity to reclaim the life they once knew, and that's not right."

The Virginia Chamber of Commerce had spoken in opposition to SB 1116 in testimony before the Senate and House Commerce and Labor Committees. Upon learning of the compromise amendment, a representative for Chamber of Commerce said that they no longer had concerns about the legislation. A similar bill is being considered in the House of Delegates, HB 1977 offered by Delegate Lee Ware (R-Powhatan).


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