Carolina Hustler
Footballguy
Agreed, his in laws probably just couldn't afford Cobra, or a PCIP plan.. I'd wager they couldn't afford Obamacare either if that was the case..Your story sounds fishy. If she had insurance through her work, she was covered. They couldn't just drop her because got sick. Why would anyone have insurance if that was the case? Something doesn't add up there.Yeah, that's exactly how it works. Or maybe it works like it did for my MIL. Insured through her work, then found out she had leukemia and eventually had to quit her job (or they had to let her go) because she couldn't work anymore. And with that pre-existing condition (leukemia), nobody would touch her with a ten-foot pole. So...she and my FIL ended up having to go on State/Federal assistance after pretty much losing everything they had...then having him (polio survivor, only one good arm) need to fix up a house that was scheduled to be demolished that he bought from its owner for around $5,000. Until she reached the point where the leukemia killed her.Yeah, I'd like to buy a car, drive it without insurance, then if I wreck it, get insurance then to pay for the repairs.It's wonderful people can get insurance without being denied because of pre-existing conditions, God bless America.
Or maybe I can not bother to insure my house, but if it burns down, I can go get insurance then, which will pay for it to be rebuilt...and everything it that burned of course.
But never you mind that both of them were gainfully employed prior to the leukemia and his arm getting so bad that he himself couldn't work anymore. Never mind that they had insurance through their employers all their lives prior. They're just another statistic who fit the bill as "unprepared" and/or "societal leeches" since they needed MN and DC to at least try to keep her alive (made it seven years). In your mind, she should have been "better prepared." Or just crawled in a hole and died.
And you align yourself with a political party that wraps itself in the Christian flag?! Wow.
For instance, my wife needed knee surgery. Guess what, our insurance paid for it; they didn't and couldn't just drop her.
BTW, I'm agnostic, leaning towards atheist, so leave me out of the Christian flag thing...is there really a Christian flag?
So, they'd likely still be on a government voucher..
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