Bullshit Sam. I have Diabetes and Asthma...that is a pre-existing condition whether it is 6 months or 5 years. Until that provision of Obamacare becomes law, I will not be able to get insurance from any provider...not even the bottom of the barrel plans. I have tried. Back before I realized I was covered by the VA, I tried to get my own insurance so I wasn't bouncing from provider to provider when I was getting coverage via the consulting firms I was working through. Every single insurance company told me they would not cover me as a result of those 2 pre-existing conditions. Even the discount plans hadprovision where they would not cover treatment or medical visits resulting from those 2 diseases.
------------------------------------ Three Ravens Consulting Eric Roberts Owner/Developer [email protected] tel: 630-486-5255 fax: 630-310-8531 http://www.threeravensconsulting.com ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 4:18 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: gots to wonder about those republican candidates On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > His plan would provide for pre-existing conditions if you maintain > "continuous" coverage. Without a substantial break. > Lose your job and can't afford Cobra, you are screwed. If you can't afford Cobra it doesn't matter if it's pre-existing. After six months there is no such thing as pre-existing According to HIPAA : Only a medical condition that is diagnosed or treated within the six months prior to the enrollment date qualifies as a pre-existing condition. > On your spouse or partner's insurance and they divorce you or die, > you're screwed because you aren't eligible for Cobra and new policies > will not cover you. If diagnosed less than six months in advance > No different than the current law. Sticks it to a lot of people. > > There are vast areas of the Affordable Care Act that I find > reprehensible, including the mandate. But the pre-existing coverage > provision is absolutely needed. There are parts that will be reinstated after it's repealed. That should remove the vast areas you don't agree with. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355929 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
