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170. My Mother had polio in the 50's and every insurance company determined it was a pre-existing
Edited on Sun Mar-29-09 08:35 PM by jhrobbins
condition. She even told them she would sign a waiver not to cover any condition that might arise from this - NO DICE. She died of breast cancer that wasn't caught early enough.
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  -Insurers shun those taking certain meds tomm2thumbs  Mar-29-09 07:05 AM   #0 
  - And Where O Where Is Obama's Single Payer Solution That Would Prevent These Practices  lostnotforgotten   Mar-29-09 07:25 AM   #1 
  - Give him time. It's only been 2 months since he got into the Oval Office.  Deja Q   Mar-29-09 08:51 AM   #10 
  - There is not time. Single Payer is a now or never proposition  Phred42   Mar-29-09 08:58 AM   # 
  - Tweety's a douche who is in the entertainment business.  Bette Noir   Mar-29-09 05:03 PM   #135 
  - Are you thinking that he's the reason that point was taken?  Fovea   Mar-29-09 07:19 PM   #153 
  - Get it straight - I dont' take him as an authhority -  Phred42   Mar-29-09 08:09 PM   #165 
  - Is he wrong on this issue, though?  No Elephants   Mar-30-09 05:20 AM   #200 
  - I wish i could recommend a reply  Fovea   Mar-29-09 06:49 PM   #149 
  - I have problems with these newly-discovered facts.  caseymoz   Mar-29-09 08:02 PM   #164 
  - Obama has rejcted the idea of single payer plan AND  dixiegrrrrl   Mar-29-09 09:30 AM   #16 
  - Obama rejected it during primary season.  Demoiselle   Mar-29-09 11:53 AM   #68 
  - Obama said "Single-payer is the best alternative"  ProudDad   Mar-29-09 09:15 PM   #173 
  - Obama says "Single Payer health plan is off the table" ...  aggiesal   Mar-29-09 11:34 AM   #63 
  - And any sort of MJ reform. First I heard health care was off the table though...n/t  axollot   Mar-29-09 11:37 AM   #65 
  - That's just a rumor.  Bette Noir   Mar-29-09 05:07 PM   #136 
     - Couldn't agree more! I'll make sure to send the paper one too! n/t  axollot   Mar-29-09 05:40 PM   #139 
     - I'm all for single payer health care, ...  aggiesal   Mar-29-09 08:35 PM   #171 
  - That's just a link to another post w/o attribution  guruoo   Mar-29-09 02:46 PM   #119 
     - OK. I tried to use the White House statement, but it was an ...  aggiesal   Mar-29-09 05:13 PM   #137 
        - That's an opinion piece...  guruoo   Mar-29-09 09:15 PM   #174 
           - This is not an opinion piece. Here is what was reported from the link: ...  aggiesal   Mar-29-09 09:45 PM   #179 
              - You quoted Obama as saying "Single Payer health plan is off the table"  guruoo   Mar-29-09 10:35 PM   #183 
  - Read My Post - Post #1 In The Thread I'm Putting A Link To Here.......  global1   Mar-29-09 01:05 PM   #99 
  - Two months is enough time to tell which direction he's heading  dflprincess   Mar-29-09 05:46 PM   #142 
  - Bush was only in office for two months when he closed down the teams tracking al-Qaeda  MetaTrope   Mar-29-09 09:31 PM   #177 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-09 09:37 PM   #178 
  - No single payer health care = I vote for the other Dem next time.  L0oniX   Mar-29-09 09:38 AM   #18 
  - same here.  dysfunctional press   Mar-29-09 12:24 PM   #86 
  - Same here, Loonix. However, I may never vote again after what  freemarketer6   Mar-29-09 03:23 PM   #129 
  - I love the way you elevate the conversation and always have an action plan to  cliffordu   Mar-29-09 10:34 AM   #47 
  - Bernie Sanders is working hard on this on the Senate Floor...  axollot   Mar-29-09 11:32 AM   #62 
  - PS: One of the drugs I take to survive is listed here too but knew it would be ..  axollot   Mar-29-09 11:35 AM   #64 
  - Apparently, we're going to have to march on Washington to get single-payer.  caseymoz   Mar-29-09 01:03 PM   #97 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-09 02:37 PM   #113 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-09 04:15 PM   #134 
  - you don't need single payer to end this practice, you simply need to outlaw the practice  CreekDog   Mar-29-09 07:16 PM   #152 
  - What do you wanna bet that without that "authorization" to violate my privacy,  proud2BlibKansan   Mar-29-09 07:33 AM   #2 
  - Most likely, without authorization you'd be denied the insurance you applied for.  Laelth   Mar-29-09 07:37 AM   #3 
  - Bingo  Robb   Mar-29-09 08:06 AM   #5 
  - investigate?  mamameow   Mar-29-09 09:57 AM   #29 
  - Actually, in Texas, these departments are all stacked by flacks wanting  mbperrin   Mar-29-09 12:19 PM   #83 
     - texas yuck!!!  mamameow   Mar-29-09 12:58 PM   #96 
        - American Capitol.  Manifestor_of_Light   Mar-30-09 12:32 AM   #190 
  - You mean like HIPPA? That little POS legistlation protects you from-  axollot   Mar-29-09 11:42 AM   #66 
     - HIPPA  Captain_Blue   Mar-29-09 08:20 PM   #168 
  - process  mamameow   Mar-29-09 10:02 AM   #32 
  - Exactly  JerseygirlCT   Mar-29-09 12:17 PM   #81 
  - huh?!  mamameow   Mar-29-09 10:07 AM   #35 
  - The insurer forces you to yield your privacy rights  proud2BlibKansan   Mar-29-09 02:55 PM   #123 
     - My Insurance was just raised because I have given them no health history. They also were  glinda   Mar-29-09 10:48 PM   #185 
  - Exactly. Just like you can theoretically  liberalhistorian   Mar-29-09 01:04 PM   #98 
  - It is time to fire the health insurance industry  Botany   Mar-29-09 07:54 AM   #4 
  - Their job is to make money off of your illness. What could be more  HysteryDiagnosis   Mar-29-09 08:08 AM   #6 
  - we pay 31 cents on the dollar for their "help" w/ health care  Botany   Mar-29-09 08:20 AM   #7 
  - their job is to make money off your health and wellness  DBoon   Mar-29-09 09:41 AM   #21 
  - Yup. we need a national TV ad  Enthusiast   Mar-29-09 02:37 PM   #112 
  - honorable?  mamameow   Mar-29-09 10:16 AM   #39 
     - 201 post count, you have not been here long enough to know  HysteryDiagnosis   Mar-29-09 10:43 AM   #51 
     - It's a crap shoot but as soon as the insured gets a major illness  eagertolearn   Mar-29-09 11:00 AM   #58 
        - insurance  mamameow   Mar-29-09 11:55 AM   #70 
           - Yep....it's the Doctor's fault your insurance company is a crook!  AlbertCat   Mar-29-09 12:05 PM   #75 
           - The Little Newb Is Full Of Herself  Binka   Mar-29-09 12:46 PM   #93 
           - My former internist retired early for the same reason  dflprincess   Mar-29-09 05:41 PM   #140 
           - sorry  mamameow   Mar-29-09 06:48 PM   #148 
           - You can CONTROL whether you live a flood plain and car insurance only goes up when the accident is  beac   Mar-29-09 12:13 PM   #79 
           - control  mamameow   Mar-29-09 07:08 PM   #151 
              - Do you really believe health insurance companies don't scam the public?  PA Democrat   Mar-29-09 07:50 PM   #162 
              - " insurance is a business". Yes, a bad one.  beac   Mar-29-09 08:17 PM   #166 
              - You are so right! I've watched several friends die in hospitals that were  bobshin   Mar-29-09 11:00 PM   #186 
              - That's a bunch of crap. 5% of the population accounts for half of all health care expenses  eridani   Mar-30-09 04:00 AM   #195 
              - Based upon your "logic" Americans should be the healthiest people in the world.  PA Democrat   Mar-30-09 07:20 AM   #202 
              - People who think that health care is nothing but a business  eridani   Mar-30-09 03:58 AM   #194 
                 - I could not agree with you more. It is disgusting, absolutely disgusting, in a civilized country  anneboleyn   Mar-31-09 09:46 PM   #211 
           - Nope. The whole health care crisis is caused by the unmoded insurance model.  Gormy Cuss   Mar-29-09 01:37 PM   #104 
           - Bull fucking shit!  Enthusiast   Mar-29-09 02:39 PM   #115 
           - There are a lot of good and honest doctors who just want to do their job.  eagertolearn   Mar-29-09 03:10 PM   #126 
           - What a bunch of horseshit  eridani   Mar-30-09 03:57 AM   #193 
  - +1 Botany.  Enthusiast   Mar-29-09 02:32 PM   #111 
  - But when, And how? And from whom?  truedelphi   Mar-29-09 03:34 PM   #130 
  - That was my biggest hope in his promises  shadowknows69   Mar-29-09 08:23 AM   #8 
  - Exactly. Preexsisting condition refusal is the heart of the issue. And,  axollot   Mar-29-09 12:03 PM   #74 
  - My Mother had polio in the 50's and every insurance company determined it was a pre-existing  jhrobbins   Mar-29-09 08:34 PM   #170 
  - aural sex?  Aragorn   Mar-29-09 12:06 PM   #76 
  - +8  xchrom   Mar-29-09 08:43 AM   #9 
  - VERY good question - Can the Admin find ANY insurance company that would NOT do this?  1776Forever   Mar-29-09 08:56 AM   #11 
  - Its like asking if a private for profit convalescent home can comfortably staff  eagertolearn   Mar-29-09 03:18 PM   #127 
     - You made me think of a personal story - Florida nursing homes flying in South American workers.  1776Forever   Mar-29-09 07:27 PM   #157 
        - How scary to be alert and aware in a place like that. This is an area  eagertolearn   Mar-31-09 03:37 PM   #209 
  - The mental health meds always gets me.  Turbineguy   Mar-29-09 08:58 AM   #12 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-29-09 10:56 AM   #57 
     - What "risk" exactly do you think the insurance company is taking in providing a client of theirs  beac   Mar-29-09 11:52 AM   #67 
     - "sensible business practice"..?  Turbineguy   Mar-29-09 12:19 PM   #82 
     - Right, let's just deny people with mental illness access to treatment  Posteritatis   Mar-29-09 12:29 PM   #89 
  - My brother has IBS; he was denied coverage  MorningGlow   Mar-29-09 09:18 AM   #13 
  - Unfortunately, there is fiscal basis for this one  Ms. Toad   Mar-29-09 09:44 AM   #22 
  - I can understand that  MorningGlow   Mar-29-09 10:12 AM   #37 
     - Yep. Fundamentally flawed.  Ms. Toad   Mar-29-09 10:24 AM   #45 
  - i.b.s.?  mamameow   Mar-29-09 09:49 AM   #28 
  - antispadmodics aren't the first line treatment  Ms. Toad   Mar-29-09 10:08 AM   #36 
  - agree  mamameow   Mar-29-09 10:29 AM   #46 
     - I pretty much stay ahead of the doctors  Ms. Toad   Mar-29-09 10:38 AM   #48 
     - good  mamameow   Mar-29-09 11:17 AM   #59 
     - I hope you won't mind a correction, since it is my disease.  juajen   Mar-29-09 11:25 AM   #60 
        - crohn's nt  Orangeone   Mar-29-09 01:49 PM   #109 
  - His doctor didn't know what was causing the tremors  MorningGlow   Mar-29-09 10:16 AM   #40 
  - I've Colitis - and having to go, go go like that makes you shakey -  axollot   Mar-29-09 11:54 AM   #69 
  - Have you tried Asacol and/or acupuncture for your coliitis?  Peregrine Took   Mar-29-09 12:14 PM   #80 
  - Except for a long run of feeling unwell this past year - my first  JerseygirlCT   Mar-29-09 12:23 PM   #85 
  - And by denying the man insurance they just guaranteed that his care will cost more.  Raineyb   Mar-29-09 10:43 AM   #50 
  - are you being sarcastic?  mamameow   Mar-29-09 11:26 AM   #61 
  - Honestly?  JerseygirlCT   Mar-29-09 12:25 PM   #88 
  - ?  mamameow   Mar-29-09 07:20 PM   #154 
     - The insured will - the difference being that there won't need to  JerseygirlCT   Mar-29-09 07:43 PM   #161 
     - The fucking government, just like in any civilized society.  eridani   Mar-30-09 04:05 AM   #197 
  - Personally, I would love to eliminate the insurance companies  Ms. Toad   Mar-29-09 12:51 PM   #94 
  - Medical providers add value. Insurers are parasites that subtract value  eridani   Mar-30-09 04:04 AM   #196 
  - +1, Raineyb nt  Enthusiast   Mar-29-09 02:44 PM   #118 
  - Do you work for an insurance company?  enlightenment   Mar-29-09 10:55 AM   #56 
  - Well said, enlightenment! n/t  beac   Mar-29-09 11:56 AM   #71 
  - yes/no  mamameow   Mar-29-09 01:23 PM   #101 
     - This is excactly why we need the insurance companies out!  eagertolearn   Mar-29-09 03:36 PM   #131 
  - "crones" disease......  llmart   Mar-29-09 02:38 PM   #114 
  - no old men  mamameow   Mar-29-09 07:24 PM   #156 
     - I was trying to make a point......  llmart   Mar-30-09 10:42 AM   #205 
  - Why give insurers any money?  Enthusiast   Mar-29-09 02:42 PM   #116 
     - ?  mamameow   Mar-29-09 07:31 PM   #159 
  - IBS  Locrian   Mar-29-09 09:59 AM   #30 
  - He has never been able to tolerate dairy  MorningGlow   Mar-29-09 10:19 AM   #43 
  - Total BS - IBS?  otohara   Mar-29-09 11:26 PM   #188 
     - Have you gotten proper care since seeing a traditional doc?  MorningGlow   Mar-30-09 08:11 AM   #203 
  - My kids were denied for having asthma  sarah FAILIN   Mar-29-09 09:21 AM   #14 
  - It is possible to hospitalized for eczema  Orangeone   Mar-29-09 09:45 AM   #23 
  - Mine has it like that too  sarah FAILIN   Mar-29-09 10:16 AM   #42 
  - They'll be happy to take your premiums but when your kids do need some treatment  Phoebe Loosinhouse   Mar-29-09 10:41 AM   #49 
  - According to at least one of those guidelines  Maestro   Mar-29-09 09:29 AM   #15 
  - Unfortunately no different than car or life insurance.  Clear Blue Sky   Mar-29-09 09:37 AM   #17 
  - preferred rates?  mamameow   Mar-29-09 10:47 AM   #53 
  - Fuck insurance companies!  eridani   Mar-30-09 04:08 AM   #198 
  - my father and child are insurance lepers due to a bleeding disorder. n/t  Donnachaidh   Mar-29-09 09:40 AM   #19 
  - They will only insure people who have no health problems and potencialy...  L0oniX   Mar-29-09 09:41 AM   #20 
  - Money for nothing perfectly describes these vultures.  SammyWinstonJack   Mar-29-09 09:47 AM   #26 
     - perfect example  mamameow   Mar-29-09 01:30 PM   #102 
     - Money for nothing is when you allegedly have insurance then get sick and it won't pay.  Gormy Cuss   Mar-29-09 01:40 PM   #106 
     - pay  mamameow   Mar-29-09 07:27 PM   #158 
        - policy  Gormy Cuss   Mar-29-09 07:40 PM   #160 
     - We all understand that  Enthusiast   Mar-29-09 02:54 PM   #121 
     - ?  mamameow   Mar-29-09 08:18 PM   #167 
     - Bullshit. They will deny help in any way they can  eridani   Mar-30-09 04:11 AM   #199 
     - +1, SammyWinstonJack! nt  Enthusiast   Mar-29-09 02:54 PM   #122 
  - Catch 22 in a big way..  dixiegrrrrl   Mar-29-09 09:46 AM   #24 
  - you said it all.  mamameow   Mar-29-09 01:35 PM   #103 
  - If you lie about what you are taking to get insurance  Ms. Toad   Mar-29-09 09:47 AM   #25 
  - But this isn't about excluding pre-existing conditions  caseymoz   Mar-29-09 07:54 PM   #163 
     - That's how the game works.  Ms. Toad   Mar-30-09 12:42 AM   #192 
        - I can't see your overall point then.  caseymoz   Mar-30-09 03:33 PM   #207 
           - Just stating how the companies work.  Ms. Toad   Mar-30-09 09:08 PM   #208 
  - I had to go through this process recently, it was amazing how the person on the phone (Humana)  SeeHopeWin   Mar-29-09 09:47 AM   #27 
  - Paging Doctor Dean  mdmc   Mar-29-09 09:59 AM   #31 
  - Here's Dr. Dean!  Pushed To The Left   Mar-29-09 04:10 PM   #133 
     - yes!  mdmc   Mar-29-09 06:06 PM   #146 
  - Rheumatoid Arthritis and diabetes here  Joe Bacon   Mar-29-09 10:03 AM   #33 
  - I'm the only one in our family that has actually been denied  Ms. Toad   Mar-29-09 10:13 AM   #38 
  - own information  mamameow   Mar-29-09 01:42 PM   #107 
     - Every insurance policy I have applied for  Ms. Toad   Mar-29-09 03:50 PM   #132 
        - ?  mamameow   Mar-29-09 08:31 PM   #169 
           - Go fill out the application at the url I provided.  Ms. Toad   Mar-30-09 12:34 AM   #191 
  - His plan involves community rating and no denail for pre-existing condition  Hippo_Tron   Mar-29-09 02:51 PM   #120 
  - Single-payor is the only way to go, insurance companies can't be trusted!  DailyGrind51   Mar-29-09 10:07 AM   #34 
  - Somebody on my bowling team had to switch identities with his sick brother to get him treatment  tomm2thumbs   Mar-29-09 10:16 AM   #41 
  - I had 2 heart attacks and a quad bypass. I found that NO ONE  old mark   Mar-29-09 10:19 AM   #44 
  - If these clauses are left in a new universal health care bill then President  jwirr   Mar-29-09 10:45 AM   #52 
  - The health insurance industry kills people.  hunter   Mar-29-09 10:53 AM   #54 
  - Insurance is like lending someone an umbrella for a fee and then asking for the umbrella back...  Odin2005   Mar-29-09 10:55 AM   #55 
  - it's true - we need no fault insurance by the govt for all, and no fault health care for all  tomm2thumbs   Mar-29-09 02:06 PM   #110 
  - +1, Odin! nt  Enthusiast   Mar-29-09 02:57 PM   #124 
  - Just like Rainmaker Movie!  Bryn   Mar-29-09 08:43 PM   #172 
  - That was good. I wish I could of thought up an example like that! n/t  eagertolearn   Mar-31-09 04:10 PM   #210 
  - Insurance, Lawyers and Lobbyists, do away with them all.  sarcasmo   Mar-29-09 12:03 PM   #72 
  - I am shocked -- SHOCKED! -- to find out this is going on.  subterranean   Mar-29-09 12:03 PM   #73 
  - Insurance companies are the problem.  Lugnut   Mar-29-09 12:07 PM   #77 
  - stupid medical reporters?  mamameow   Mar-29-09 12:12 PM   #78 
  - Yes, gawd forbid that a health system should actually be run to help the sick!  mbperrin   Mar-29-09 12:25 PM   #87 
  - yes, insurance companies SHOULD quit.  dbonds   Mar-29-09 01:46 PM   #108 
  - Cool! Let's get rid of the M.I.B. then!  MissB   Mar-29-09 06:38 PM   #147 
  - stop  mamameow   Mar-29-09 12:21 PM   #84 
  - Yes, regulate drug companies  Enthusiast   Mar-29-09 03:00 PM   #125 
  - Been victimized and discriminated by Insurance companies. I've lied too.  trickyguy   Mar-29-09 12:30 PM   #90 
  - Well of course insurers seek to lower risk by denying coverage.  antimatter98   Mar-29-09 12:33 PM   #91 
  - It's really too bad we can't tell our elected employess (aka Congress)  dflprincess   Mar-29-09 05:45 PM   #141 
  - Thank you for finding this article  Corgigal   Mar-29-09 12:40 PM   #92 
  - K&R  mvd   Mar-29-09 12:53 PM   #95 
  - It makes me never want to go to the doctor for anything, no matter how sick I get.  MonteLukast   Mar-29-09 01:15 PM   #100 
  - An insurance application should be the size of an index card  Phoebe Loosinhouse   Mar-29-09 01:38 PM   #105 
  - I have a question, if you are prescribed a medicine, and you end up deciding it's not for you,  geiger   Mar-29-09 02:42 PM   #117 
  - Drug Company ads  sallylou666   Mar-29-09 03:18 PM   #128 
  - I'm skeptical about big pharma  belpejic   Mar-29-09 05:39 PM   #138 
  - How insurers secretly blacklist millions with common ailments  kpete   Mar-29-09 05:52 PM   #143 
  - Constantly being ripped-off for huge profits by insurance corporations that have no concern about  GreenTea   Mar-29-09 05:52 PM   #144 
     - And these will be the same effers  Blandocyte   Mar-29-09 05:52 PM   #145 
  - woohoo r #50  nilram   Mar-29-09 07:07 PM   #150 
  - This is obvious, I know from experience  cbc5g   Mar-29-09 07:20 PM   #155 
  - My LTOE re: Single-Payer Health Care  ProudDad   Mar-29-09 09:18 PM   #175 
  - Enbrel & Humira  FirstLight   Mar-29-09 09:18 PM   #176 
  - anyone watch Obama on Face the Nation notice that  tomm2thumbs   Mar-29-09 09:55 PM   #180 
  - Data Miners Use CVS/Supermarket Shopper's Cards???  JPZenger   Mar-29-09 09:57 PM   #181 
  - that's a GREAT point - and CASH ONLY - it's getting ridiculously absurd out there  tomm2thumbs   Mar-29-09 10:04 PM   #182 
  - That clears up a lot!  blackspade   Mar-29-09 10:41 PM   #184 
  - As if having a disease or illness wasn't bad enough by itself,  onestepforward   Mar-29-09 11:16 PM   #187 
  - Criminal Insurance Companies  farmboxer   Mar-29-09 11:54 PM   #189 
  - We need an overhaul of the whole system sooo badly  canineunits   Mar-30-09 06:30 AM   #201 
  - Actually, no, I never wonder why insurance will never be fair  primavera   Mar-30-09 08:15 AM   #204 
  - This goes to prove two things:  riverdeep   Mar-30-09 01:40 PM   #206 
  - Health insurance companies are parasites. - n/t  BrightKnight   Mar-31-09 09:55 PM   #212 
 

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