Democrats’ plan to help ’uninsurables’ questioned

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Thursday, November 5, 2009 - Added 15d 18h ago

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WASHINGTON — You’re afraid your cancer is back, and a health insurance company just turned you down.

Under the health care bills in Congress, you could apply for coverage through a new high-risk pool that President Barack Obama promises would immediately start serving patients with pre-existing medical problems.

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trout4me

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No problem at all here, illegal aliens will easily satisfy the 6 month no insurance requirement.

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EmptyPockets

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Better yet - its not rationed care its just delayed care ... (what you died during the 6 month wait oops - our bad) Oh and some suggest its under funded but about 15 billion dollars... Go figure...

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Ellen

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If the lack of the swine flue vaccine is any indication of what to expect from government control health care then we are all up the river without a paddle.

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Sorry, but the post that was in this spot has been removed as it did not follow our guidelines.

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