Posted on 05/18/2010 1:03:22 PM PDT by Nachum
How many times have you heard President Obama say, “Health insurers won’t be able to drop your coverage just because you get sick?” Or Kathleen Sebelius? Or the Democratic leadership in Congress? Or the mainstream news media?
You would think that the private health insurance industry was being revolutionized.
In fact, it has been illegal since 1997, under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, for insurers to drop coverage because someone gets sick. And even before then, the practice almost never happened.
(Excerpt) Read more at kaiserhealthnews.org ...
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