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May 10, 2017

Reporter Arrested Asking HHS Head If Domestic Violence is Pre-existing Condition in GOP Health Plan
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In West Virginia, journalist Dan Heyman of Public News Service was
arrested after he repeatedly asked Health and Human Services Secretary
Tom Price whether domestic violence would be categorized as a
pre-existing condition under the Republican's new healthcare plan. The
Republicans' plan does not protect people with pre-existing conditions,
instead allowing insurance companies to charge them dramatically higher
rates for health insurance. Heyman was arrested, jailed on $5,000 bail
and charged with "willful disruption of state government processes"
after he repeatedly questioned Price in the hallway of the West Virginia
State Capitol.


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