Georgia Democrats | GA insurance commissioner: Having a preexisting condition is your fault

Make no mistake — Georgia Democrats will attack Republicans at every chance, twisting their words, and double-down on their support for the Obama-Barrow-Nunn “healthcare” agenda.

Atlanta, GA – Recently, Georgia State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens spoke at a monthly meeting of the CSRA Republican Women’s Club, an affiliate of the Georgia Federation of Republican Women. In his remarks, Hudgens compared pre-existing conditions, such as cancer, hemophilia, brain tumors, arthritis, and asthma to having a car accident that is “your fault.”

Transcript: “I’ve had several companies come in and they have said just the fact, just the fact in the individual market that pre-existing conditions now have to be covered on January 1^st, that is going to double the cost of insurance. And, if you don’t really understand, what covering pre-existing conditions would be like, it would be like in Georgia, we have a law that says you have to have insurance on your automobile, you have to have liability insurance if you’re going to drive on Georgia’s roads, you have to have liability insurance. You don’t have to have collision, you don’t have to have comprehensive, you don’t have to have rental car or towing or anything else. You have to have liability. But, say you’re going along and you have a wreck and it’s your fault. Well, a pre-existing condition would be then you calling up your insurance agent and saying ‘I’d like to get collision insurance on my car’ and your insurance agent says ‘Well, you’ve never had that before. Why would you want that now?’ And you say ‘Well, I just had a wreck, it was my fault and I want the insurance company to pay to repair my car.’

And that’s the exact same thing on pre-existing insurance.”

“These remarks illustrate how callous and out-of-touch Ralph and the Georgia Republican Party have become,” said Democratic Party of Georgia Chair DuBose Porter. “It is awful to think you could tell a woman who was just diagnosed with breast cancer that it’s her fault.”

Porter added, “Georgians need affordable health care, regardless of their medical history. Our insurance commissioner, at his own admission, has done everything possible to keep that from happening.”