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29 Dec 2007, 12:11 am

Would health insurance companies deny you a health insurance plan or just coverage for AS-related problems?



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29 Dec 2007, 12:14 am

You can due to a legal loophole.

And most of the companies do deny you.


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29 Dec 2007, 12:17 am

I have a question for the persons on this forum officially diagnosed with AS: what health insurance plan do you have?



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29 Dec 2007, 1:01 am

I have been diagnosed, but my insurance company doesn't know about it. The only time I saw a doctor for something related to AS was when I got my diagnosis. That doctor did not take insurance.



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29 Dec 2007, 4:15 am

If you want proper health coverage and don't have money - get out of the US.

In Australia everyone is covered. As an example.

The United States doesn't give a stuff about proper health coverage and it's about time the people rose up and did something about it - starting at the ballot box!



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29 Dec 2007, 4:51 am

I was diagnosed with AS, but my psychiatrist did not put it into my official history. "Officially," he is seeing me for OCD. He is aware of the problems with insurance companies.


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29 Dec 2007, 2:00 pm

Mw99 wrote:
I have a question for the persons on this forum officially diagnosed with AS: what health insurance plan do you have?


medicaid what!



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29 Dec 2007, 3:21 pm

nominalist wrote:
I was diagnosed with AS, but my psychiatrist did not put it into my official history. "Officially," he is seeing me for OCD. He is aware of the problems with insurance companies.


Lucky.



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29 Dec 2007, 3:30 pm

Mw99 wrote:
Lucky.


He is a good guy.


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29 Dec 2007, 8:21 pm

health insurance plans are terrible. i was on medicaid and now i am not, im pretty healthy anyways and dont really need insurance. besides if something medically major happens and i have to go to the er its not like there going to turn me away


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