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Old 12-29-2009, 10:59 PM   #26 (permalink)
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If you have a job, and insurance, you will not be denied coverage for a major medical illness unless it is specifically stated so in the policy. In such a case you know about it at the time of the initial application.
There are endless numbers of examples that would suggest otherwise.

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[If the CBO, MIT and others think that then they have no idea what Adverse selection means and how it will effect premiums.
I'll stick with the CBO health care analysts, the Kaiser analysts and other experts for now.

If I were starting from scratch, I would suggest that a single payer system w/o any industry role, would be my system of choice. But we cant get there from here so I'll take what I believe is the most achievable and meaningful reform we can get and, IMO, that is what is currently on the table and has my support.
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