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Old 12-29-2009, 10:48 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ASU2003 View Post
So if I have been paying (or have been covered my whole life), but lost my job for a year and lost coverage, and happened to get some bad illness at that time, I would never be able to get healthcare insurance again?
Under the current system and practices, you can have a job, have insurance, and still be denied coverage for a major medical illness or emergency.

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Originally Posted by rahl View Post
I'm not ignoring the larger pool, I'm telling you that the larger pool is a higher risk and it will increase premiums.
And I am still telling you that the CBO, the Kaiser Foundation, an MIT study and others disagree with you.
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