On 2/21/11 18:42 , Joe from Kokomo wrote:

On 2/21/11 15:11 , Joe from Kokomo wrote:

I hope you [Lare] have and/or can afford medical insurance with YOUR
pre-existing medical condition(s). The Big Business insurance
companies can, have and will again deny coverage to people with
pre-existing conditions.

On 2/21/2011 6:25 PM, D. Peter Maus wrote:

Just as the Big Government insurance plan is doing today.

Seeing as the new plan has not yet been implemented, this would
presume that you are referring to what we have 'today' -- Medicare
-- which does NOT deny coverage because of pre-existing conditions.

On 2/22/2011 2:27 AM, D. Peter Maus wrote:

Government medical plans, of any stripe turn down more pre-existing
conditions than all the insurance carriers combined.

Can you give any examples of this -- or just 'urban legend'? What
specific "Government medical planS" (plural) are you referring to other
than Medicare? (although if not overtly stated before, I believe this
discussion was focused on either Medicare or the yet to be implemented
new government plan).

The only "Government medical plan" that I know of is Medicare. Like many
old geezers, at this stage in life, I have a few "pre-existing
conditions" and when I went on Medicare, I was truly amazed at how
transparent and seamless the transition to Medicare was. And no, none of
my pre-existing conditions were an issue under Medicare.