Posted by
Chris Rawlings on Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:01:56 AM
Get jet lag easily? Have transvestic fetishes? Hot for bestiality?
Colorado Democrats are pushing a bill that would mandate insurance companies provide coverage for a new array of 'mental illnesses.' The bill would force providers to cover children suffering from 'gender confusion' and those with transvestic fetishes--among other things.
HT:
Face The StateThe legislation was approved by the state affairs committee on a on a party line vote of 3-2, with Colorado Springs GOP Senators Dave Schultheis and Ron May voting against it. The duo says the bill will force insurance companies to cover questionable diagnoses like jet lag, zoophilia (bestiality), transvestic fetishes, voyeurism, gender confusion in children, and transsexualism. The new mandates would also require drug and alcohol abuse coverage, while exempting coverage for those seeking to fight tobacco addiction or issues surrounding homosexuality.
Schultheis is concerned that the bill excludes certain diagnoses in order to advance a partisan social agenda. "To force coverage for sexual disorders but exempt homosexuality, which is also listed in the ICD-9, reeks of bias and agenda. Then, forcing insurance companies to cover the treatment of alcohol and drug abuse, but exempting tobacco, really does not pass the smell test."
The Democrats in Colorado pledged to leave alone the 'God, guns, and gays' agenda as to appear moderate to voters. Does this constitute breaking a pledge?