tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post7830081014012008335..comments2024-03-02T02:26:00.928-05:00Comments on bleakonomy: No pre-exisiting conditions!tetracontadigonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04604381739383227553noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-16561661704966918272009-11-09T21:34:44.601-05:002009-11-09T21:34:44.601-05:00I wish the debate, decades ago, was about getting ...I wish the debate, decades ago, was about getting Americans health care instead of health insurance. Why we ever let huge companies get in between us and doctors troubles me. I hope your insurance doesn't consider your son's condition pre-existing, but I know my brother's health carrier denied coverage for both his babies because they had jaundice. JAUNDICE. Which went away as it does in most babies.<br /><br />[I love that the right wing is now worried about bankrupting the country by taking care of people, when it did a great job of creating the highest deficit in history by hurting people.<br />I know George Bush was not a fiscal conservative, but every Republican in Congress voted with him to take us so far in the red our kids are peeing blood.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-69337380784487521372009-11-09T20:38:23.092-05:002009-11-09T20:38:23.092-05:00My experience changing from grad school to the rea...My experience changing from grad school to the real world was that if you were covered by some plan when the new job started, the new employer's plan would accept you without any exclusions. Most employers need to do this in order to get people to change jobs. I hope your transition is smooth and suprise free.<br /><br />And, we need to kill the employer-only tax break for insurance and State boundaries. People ought to be able to take their coverage with them when changing jobs and addresses.Gadfly Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-11127053665723353102009-11-09T18:58:29.334-05:002009-11-09T18:58:29.334-05:00And Gadfly, from what I read, a ban on denial for ...And Gadfly, from what I read, a ban on denial for pre-existing conditions goes into effect next year. Not 2013.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953173396955681485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-56993121278250543152009-11-09T16:01:05.084-05:002009-11-09T16:01:05.084-05:00Uncle Jim, we're applying for Medicaid, and we...Uncle Jim, we're applying for Medicaid, and we will see what happens.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953173396955681485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-80255201233966533782009-11-09T15:18:55.162-05:002009-11-09T15:18:55.162-05:00Elizabeth... Can Medicaid get you through until th...Elizabeth... Can Medicaid get you through until then?Uncle Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992402926190259718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-45616423377579746272009-11-09T14:17:57.883-05:002009-11-09T14:17:57.883-05:00Elizabeth, what are you going to do until 2013? N...Elizabeth, what are you going to do until 2013? No CongressCare benefits are available for another 3 years, although the taxes to pay for this will kick in about 13 months from now.<br /><br />I also believe that the US can protect its citizens from catastrophic medical expenses. Doing so would be a good thing. But the CongressCare bill isn't going to do that. It is going to bankrupt our children, and perhaps us. I would like to "get behind" some kind of medical insurance reform, but I can't support fiscal insanity. So I'm going to do everything I can to make sure the 2010 elections put people in office to overturn this Frankenbill if, heaven forfend, the Senate manages to drag it over the finish line. Remember, you'll get nothing from it before 2013 in any case.Gadfly Johnnoreply@blogger.com