Health Reform and Health Insurance Uninsurables (Declines)
How does US Health Reform Help Uninsurables?
Not much is getting more press attention than the curren debate over health reform. But, in my opinion, one big problem that needs to be addressed is covering people with pre-existing conditions that are getting declined for health insurance today. How does the current health reform bill help these people?
People can get declined by private insurers for a large variety of reasons. These could range from mental health issues to high blood pressure readings. They could also be more serious. Of course, no insurer wants to pick up a patient who is already undergoing chemotherapy at $12k a day. But where do these people turn? It seems like most of us agree that our government should be the ultimate safety net, and how is health reform meeting that?
Categories: Health Insurance Tags: declines, hearlth reform, high risk health insurance, uninsurables
