Did you know that insurance companies sometimes consider being a victim of domestic violence as a pre-existing and exclusionary condition? In eight different states (ID, MS, NC, ND,

"The Cost of Domestic Violence" by The Advocacy Project

OK, SD, SC, and WY) plus the District of Columbia, that designation satisfies an option to exclude coverage under health, life or disability insurance.

If you would like to know more about this issue, check out When Getting Beaten by Your Husband is a Pre-Existing Condition or The Insurance Industry’s Heartless Logic: Getting Beaten by Your Husband is an Excuse to Deny Coverage.