Do you think insurance company "Death Panels" are doing a good job?
You know, the claims adjusters that deny claims, the ones whose bonuses depend on turning down as many claims as possible.
A large number of Americans have health conditions that insurance companies qualify as “pre-existing conditions.” The Death Panels deny them coverage.
12.6 million non-elderly adults (36 percent of those who tried to purchase health insurance directly from an insurance company in the individual insurance market) were in fact denied by the Death Panels because of a pre-existing condition.
Thanks to the Death Panels, 1 in 10 people with cancer could not obtain health coverage, and 6 percent lost their coverage. The Death Panels exclude whole categories of illnesses related to a pre-existing condition. Someone with hay fever could have any respiratory system disease such as bronchitis or pneumonia excluded from coverage by the Death Panels.
When a person is diagnosed with an expensive condition such as cancer, insurance company Death Panels review his/her initial health status questionnaire. Insurance companies can retroactively cancel the entire policy if any condition was missed, even if the medical condition is unrelated, and even if the person was not aware of the condition at the time. Coverage can also be revoked for all members of a family, even if only one family member failed to disclose a medical condition.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/
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