Health insurance high risk pool
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The Oklahoma High Risk Pool provides health insurance to Oklahoma residents who have been denied coverage. Before your friend's COBRA runs out, she would need to apply for major medical coverage with a local Carrier (doesn't which one or for what plan becasue she will most likely get denied anyways) & get a formal declination letter.
That may not be enough to provide coverage for all the people who want to enroll in the next three years. Ms. Sebelius said the high-risk pool could provide “immediate relief to potentially millions of people.”
“Beyond the minimum statutory requirements,” Ms. Sebelius said, federal officials will give states a large degree of discretion in devising their programs.
State high-risk pools, all of which operate at a loss, paid a total of $1.
The pre existing clause under the Affordable Care Act does not go into effect until 2014. There is until that time a Federal High Risk Pool but you have to be with out insurance for 6 months and not be eligible for a group plan. Some States have High Risk Pools. The rules vary State to State. All the High Risk Pools have limited funding so when they are full they are full. On the good side in our State most people do not apply for them so both the State and Federal are available.
McCain would deregulate insurance, leaving insurance companies free to deny coverage to those with health problems — and his proposal for a “high-risk pool” for hard cases would provide little help.So what would happen?
The good news, such as it is, is that more people would buy individual insurance. Indeed, the total number of uninsured Americans might decline marginally under the McCain plan — although many more Americans would be without insurance than under the Obama plan.
Each State has to set up a federal High Risk Pool until the health exchanges come in in 2014. If the state will not set these up the federal government will but it will take time.
You can not be eligible for any other insurance to qualify for a High Risk Pool. You can not turn down private insurance because it is too expensive and go into the HRP. Many states such as NC also have HRPs but it is first come first serve until the money runs out.
If you dont have credible coverage and BCBS will not cover Chiari treatment, then I would direct you to the Insurance High Risk Pool in your state. Call the department of insurance and inquire. There is now a federal option that has no preexisting exclusions, I am not sure how it is set up state to state and if the requirements are the same.
I hope all this helps. I am an insurance broker so this is one area I can help in.
s health care reform those with pre-existing conditions who do not have insurance will be eligible for affordable health insurance through a federal high risk pool starting around July 1, 2010. This high risk pool will provide gap coverage until the permanent health care provisions concerning pre-existing conditions are implemented in 2014.
Now I plan to emigrate to Asia and thus have to find me an international health care insurance; for me it is important that I will be accepted at my age(without prior examination),fair insurance-rates and conditions that don't allow the insurance-company to "throw you out" in case you got "too expensive" and refuse to renew the(annual)contract?
Private insurance companies could not, and would not, cover high-risk individuals unless they could spread the costs among a wide pool. And unless young, healthy people were given incentives to join the pool, they would opt out," as many do now.
Gostin concluded that the individual mandate "is not an unjustified limit on freedom, but rather is vital to a decent society.
That means no copays, deductibles or coinsurance for people whose health insurance plans are covered by the new requirements.
The Obama administration estimates that 41 million Americans will benefit initially, with the number projected to rise to 88 million by 2013. Many large company plans, which usually offer solid preventive benefits, will be exempt from the requirements for the time being.
so I just found out today that my insurance was canceled and had to pay out of pocket for my doctors appointment. My insurance company said that they had sent me papers in the mail and I never got them I've lived at the same address over 6 years. I love in a apartment complex btw. I wrote a email and now they said I make too much money in my household. I live with my boyfriend who is jobless and I had to take leave from work because I'm a high risk pregnancy.
t get rejected for Hep B unless you have high ALT/AST and older which will put you in a different risk pool. I bought a $1.5 million policy when I was 37 for $1700 a year and it was at that time I had found out I had hep b. Are you in the United States? I'd shop around for a better deal. 10K per year is too high. I would just invest the 10K a year for a better return.
So I posted the other day about some bleeding, it got worse so I went to er, I haven't miscarried but after blood tests & ultrasound, the Dr told me that I am high risk for a miscarriage due to all the bleeding.
willing: "marcia: yeah, you and Trish may laugh and think this is all pretty weird but you have no idea all the fun you're missing out on! Arguing with dr's assistants about who bills whom, with hospitals about what's been paid, with the insurance companies about what's covered, with your employer about which insurance company to switch to (not to mention arguing with everyone else about how to stop arguing about this).
Dear jack1122,
Dear jack1122,
With your pr-existing condition you should contact the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan which is guaranteed issue which means you can not be declined due to your pre-ex condition. You can browse their website @ http://www.chip.state.il.us/ and use their “EXPLORE THE CHIP WEBSITE” tool (especially look for the premium calculator under UTILITIES) and call them at Toll Free 866-851-2751 or 217-782-6333 if you have any questions.
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