Do you have a pre-existing health problem your insurance company won't cover?
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:01 PM
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| Poll question: Do you have a pre-existing health problem your insurance company won't cover? |
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Edited on Sun Nov-25-07 01:04 PM by Quixote1818
I blew my knee out ten years ago before I had insurance. Now my knee is to the point that I may need to have it replaced in the next 5 or 10 years. It will cost a small fortune since my insurance company won't cover anything to do with that knee. Anyone else in the same boat? I suspect my problem is minor compared to most people.
Please share your story if you do.
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| demodonkey
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:03 PM
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| 1. How About Adding NO Insurance as a poll choice, 'cause that's what I have. nt |
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Edited on Sun Nov-25-07 01:04 PM by demodonkey
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| old guy
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:04 PM
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:05 PM
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| 4. Thanks for the suggestion |
| Warpy
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:04 PM
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| 2. I'll go you one better |
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I can't get insurance at any price.
I am considered a nonperson by the health insurance industry.
And people wonder why I'm starting to set the wheels in motion to leave this heartless place.
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:07 PM
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| Warpy
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:43 PM
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| 10. I've hung in there uninsurable for 20 years. |
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I've given up. This country is never going to do anything but protect the fucking insurance companies.
Any universal coverage through those bastards will be an illusion, at best.
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| Justitia
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:53 PM
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| 12. What's even more depressing is that Warpy is/was a healthcare professional, I believe. |
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I read all Warpy's stuff in the Chronic Health Conditions forum.
It is really depressing that not even our healthcare professionals can be assured of healthcare!
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Sun Nov-25-07 02:42 PM
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| 13. I am an MD and I lost coverage of my left shoulder by BC/BS of Florida |
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because I had one shot of cortisone in it one time for one episode of bursitis from my dog pulling on the leash. That's it...now only 3 limbs covered for me for life. They said I could reapply in two years and if all was well, I would get back the left shoulder coverage. I did and they rejected me although I never needed treatment again and I got a letter from a board-certified orthopedic surgeon saying my left shoulder was normal. BC/BS can bite me.
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:08 PM
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| 6. Yes, you probably need to move to Canada or Europe |
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It's disgusting that it's come to that. :puke:
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:42 PM
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| 9. Mexico has national health insurance |
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although they're too poor to make it universal as yet.
That's tops on my list. I'm hoping to get my health in order enough to get to Merida this winter, check it out. If the climate's too icky for me, I'll be going up into the central highlands later on.
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:31 PM
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| 8. We're assessing our options right now |
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Yep. We're waving the white flag. We're unpatriotic. Blah. Blah.
<sarcasm>
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:49 PM
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For the time being, anybody can get insurance here and the state insurance pool is on a sliding scale. There are a few things in it that are flat stupid, but it's as good as most people have and also has a prescription benefit.
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Sun Nov-25-07 02:45 PM
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| 14. Health Insurance is now the Law in Massachusetts. |
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Sun Nov-25-07 01:10 PM
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| 7. Wow, the results of this poll are quite depressing. |
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What has our country become?
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| Kansas Wyatt
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Sun Nov-25-07 02:46 PM
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| 15. I have good union provided medical insurance that covers everything, but |
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Aflac will cover basically absolutely nothing, because of my pre-existing conditions.
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Sun Nov-25-07 03:58 PM
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| 16. No. I'm fortunate to have Medicare, find it covers what I need. My experience |
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with the program, I have a pre-existing condition, is one of the reasons I strongly support Medicare for all.
(one aside) Doesn't cover dental...
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