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Old January 19th, 2009, 03:53 PM   #70 (permalink)
Jexxifer
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Originally Posted by MohandasKGanja View Post
If health insurance companies are able to turn down people with epilepsy, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, etc., I'm not aware of it. I have relatives and coworkers with these conditions and they have health insurance coverage.
It depends on the policy, if your coworkers signed up during open enrollment vs after and having to prove insurability, or sometimes they might have to meet pre-existing conditions clauses. I work with someone who has MS and since she signed up during open enrollment there were no problems. If she missed open enrollment she would have had to have a pre-existing clause on the policy which means only coverage related to her MS would not have been covered for a year.
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