re: #261 sattv4u2

the ONLY reason I’d have voted for her would have been to save health care, and the ONLY reason I’d have done that is because I have a child with a “pre-existing” chronic condition

I feel sorry for your childs condition, but no insurance (health, home or auto) covers pre-existing conditions. You can’t buy a car with a smashed in front end, purchase ins then get the car fixed under that ins.

That stated, I do beleive we have to come up with a way to help our citizens with pre-existing conditions but apart from regular health ins. policies

I agree with you in part. However, I believe part of the issue is that because insurance is tied to employer and the average term at an employer is around 5.5 years, if you change jobs then you cannot re-insure because of a ‘pre-existing condition’. Or if your coverage drops you because they learn of an expensive condition you cannot re-insure with that ‘pre-exisiting condition’. There is some monkey business in there that needs fixing.