Sorry dear, you’re not exactly trustworthy on this subject. Do you have a cite?
Our federal government is not allowed to do that. But the state governments can. Hence I don’t have a big problem with allowing the states to handle this. Why do you have a problem with state programs?
How the fuck is this relevant? The fact is that Guin is right: getting a full time job right this instant, with employer provided health care coverage, would NOT solve her problem of lacking insurance coverage for her epilepsy. The private health care system is allowed to deny her coverage for her pre-existing condition. Unlike Carol Stream, are you willing to admit that? Without dragging in irrelevancies about Guin as a person?
The employer has nothing to do with it. The carrier writes into the policy that if you have anything considered pre-existing they refuse to cover that particular thing for 6-12 months. It is in damn near every single health insurance policy across the nation. So if you switch jobs and get new insurance they would cover the cost of an appendectomy but not your pre-existing condition. Many of the better companies will waive the pre-existing conditions clause as long as you have had coverage for the last 12 months, but if your new job has a 90 day waiting period and you can’t afford COBRA during that time you are fucked.
Why the fuck should she give you a cite? I gave you one and you’re ignoring it in favor of “How am I wrong? I never happened to me!” Thus, your requests for a cite should be ignored as the diversionary tactic that they always are.
They have to draw the line somewhere, don’t they? I know the birth control thing is a sore point and has been the subject of much argument, yet the government doesn’t mandate birth control coverage the way they did mental health services (in some jurisdictions). So isn’t it likely birth control will be left out? If by “true UHC” you mean the government would pay for any health care no questions asked, that is a recipe for total disaster and would be far worse than the status quo. That’s exactly what I mean when I talk about Congressional whims. I am really not interested in tax dollars paying for some hippie to get her Qi rebalanced. It may sound like I’m being flippant about this, but after all, a branch of the NIH was commissioned to study crap like homeopathy, when everyone with half a brain already knows it defies the laws of physics.
BTW, for those saying that my conditions will prevent me from getting a job – it’s true, it does limit me, but that’s mostly for travel purposes. (For instance, my number one criteria HAS to be a job on the bus line)
But for those defending me, that’s pretty much the only excuse I’ll use it for. My employer wants to make something of it, and I’LL make something of him. 
I told my last boss as much when I kept having to call in sick so much last winter – I wasn’t going to let them push me around because of it.
I’m not here to make friends. I’m here to tell the truth.
Not allowed? By what statute?
Because if I am out of state and need medical care, they won’t pay for it.
I posted (I think it was back on page 2) all the government aid I get. Yet, you’re picking on Guinastasia? Am I that beloved that I’m considered above abusing in the Pit?
Have you?
YES IT REALLY DOES HAPPEN. And you know what else? Under some circumstances it is even legal. AS NOTED IN THE PREVIOUSLY POSTED CITE!
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Seriously, go back and read it - it legal for a health policy to refuse to cover a pre-existing condition under the circumstances cited. Guin is screwed - no matter WHAT job she gets she will NEVER be covered for her epilepsy. And that is LEGAL. Do you get it now? Step aside from your contempt and hatred for just a second and let that sink in - no matter what Guin will NEVER have coverage for her epilepsy. No matter what job, no matter what health insurance company, no matter how high a premium she pays she will NEVER have health coverage for her epilepsy as long as she stays in the US. And it is LEGAL for this to happen.
I’ll pit you if you’ll pit me. I’m sure there is a mutually beneficial agreement we can come to here. 
A private insurer should have the freedom to write anything it wants into its contract. I have the freedom to look for a job that has a program I like.
There should be maximum freedom for companies to do what they want, and maximum freedom for me to shop around for a company I would like to work for. Competition for labor will fix deficiencies. Freedom for individuals - and companies - is a good thing for all.
Oh, Guin. How many jobs have you had in the past nine years? What’s the longest time you’ve been employed by one employer?
You called in sick because of the weather? U win, you’re the biggest loser on the internets.
And next on the Carol Stream childish come-back parade: I-Know-You-Are-But-What-Am-I, and the all time favorite, I’m-Rubber-You’re-Glue.
She said she called in sick during the winter. She never said it was because of the weather.
I wouldn’t have thought it possible Carol but my opinion of you just dropped a bit lower.
It’s not a good thing for someone like Guin. Because you know who WOULD cover her, pre-existing condition and all? MEDICAID. Thus, if she really wants health care for her epilepsy, the only place she can turn to is the government. What incentive does she have to work? Fuck it.
You’re an asshole for persisting with this line of conversation, and I hope she ignores you.
Read post 557 again, you moronic snatch. Do you even bother reading before you post?
Crafter_Man – I had two jobs in high school/college. I worked at my first one about two years, the second, three. (A local grocery store and then Kmart) Your typical, after-school jobs.
And then I worked at my last job almost three years. And while I was unemployed, I ALSO did volunteer work at a local hospital, while I looked for a job, AND helped out occassionally up at my father’s funeral home.