preexisting conditions

High Risk Pool Beginning to Take Shape

Submitted by Anonymous on July 8, 2010 - 12:31pm
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One important reform included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) called for the creation of “high-risk health insurance pools” in each state.  High risk pools will provide eligible patients an affordable insurance option if they faced high costs or have been denied health insurance in the past because of their illness.  Thankfully, legislators realized the immediate need of so many Americans and required these pools to be up and running this year rather than making thousands of sick individuals wait until the insurance regulation changes in 2014 take shape.<

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Cancer victim angry about the coverage gap

Submitted by pahealth on September 30, 2008 - 2:43pm
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Dan Daskus, a machine operator from Schuylkill County, is beating cancer.  The Hodgkin's lymphoma that attacked his body in 2007 is in remission.

But in the meantime, Daskus has lost his job, lost his employer-provided health plan, and fallen deeply in debt.  His pickup truck has been repossessed and he fears losing his home through foreclosure.

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