At Sat, 16 Jul 2011, IAS Admin wrote:
>
>From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf Of
>GREGG DAWN CLARK
>Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 10:18 AM
>To: adhesions-request@adhesions.org
>Subject: Re: health insurance/careers
>
>Hi,
>
>Sorry you are having such trouble with pre-existing conditions. Those huge
>jerks!!!
>
>The best way to scare them into behaving like human beings is to turn them
>into the insurance commissioner of your state. You might be surprised what
>shakes out when you involve them. Give it a try and let us know how it
>goes.
>
>Don't worry about the rants, that is what we are here for. We all have the
>same feelings and it is so nice to be able to have an outlet.
>
>
>Dawn
>
>
>> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 07:23:00 -0500
>> From: tracy.joslin@adhesions.org
>> To: adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com
>> Subject: health insurance/careers
>>
>> Sender: dmmoran@hotmail.com (dorothy)
>> Subject: Re: health insurance/careers
>>
>> Thanks for the reply Dawn! Oh it sooooooooooooo tests the patience of
>> "patients" being under the hand of Big Pharma and its associates. I
>> feel so hung out to dry with the possibility of more small bowel
>> obstructions. A few mos. back I called Anthem BCBS (they were my
>> carrier at my previous job and through the 15 mos. on Cobra. I
>> explained to them that my Cobra was going to end on 6/30 and that I
>> wanted to continue w/them after it ended -- they told me I could
>> continue on w/them, BUT they would not cover any small bowel surgeries
>> till after a 12 month period wherein I was free of small bowel obs --
>> AAAARGH!!! Besides, the insurance would have cost more than the rent for
>> my apartment.
>>
>> I signed up with I CAN Health, but still they won't cover the
>> pre-exiting SBO for 12 months either.
>>
>> HOW do they get to call an obstruction a pre-existing condition
>> anyway???? If it's not a disease, and it's not a certainty we will have
>> them, how can it be classified as a condition??????????????? AND if it
>> IS indeed a condition, WHY can't we get disability???????????? Who in
>> the world will want to hire you if you have re-occuring surgeries and
>> major time missed???? UGH!!!
>>
>> Sorry for the rant, I am soooooooooooooooo fed up with it all. :0(
>>
>> At Thu, 30 Jun 2011, IAS Admin wrote:
>> >
>> >From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org] On Behalf
>Of
>> >GREGG DAWN CLARK
>> >Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 11:57 AM
>> >To: adhesions-request@adhesions.org
>> >Subject: Re: health insurance/careers
>> >
>> >Health insurance is tricky but most states have a clause in which
>> >pre-existing conditions do not apply if there is no break in coverage.
>> >Check out the insurance commissioners page on your state government web
>> >site. They should have the details. Then simply purchase individual
>> >insurance, most times it is less expensive than cobra.