So how do the people with pre-existing conditions such as cancer or diabetes get healthcare?
How do people with wrecked cars get auto insurance?
Good question. I think they don't. I think they die. Or they mortgage their house and deplete their funds and then they die. Or they find charitable sources.
They probably can get on Medicaid once they are poor enough. But I believe Medicaid has some pretty strict limits on what they will pay for. And then they die.
I’ve got a hunch that this isn’t about cancer and/or diabetes.
I think it’s about aids.
Can you explain to me why we should give them healthcare welfare without the income and asset limits we put on welfare recipients for similarly urgent basics like food andd housing?
“So how do the people with pre-existing conditions such as cancer or diabetes get healthcare?”
Those who belong to large member group insurance or work for a large company with such group benefits, or are an eligible family beneficiary of someone who does, they can get insurance already regardless of condition, even before obamacare.
For those who aren’t beneficiaries of such group insurance, they ought to look closely at Medicare Part C for this group. This is a managed care option.
They enroll in high risk pools.
We have a lot of folks here who don't give a damn about anyone else as long as they are OK - they call themselves "Principled"....