tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post838565494418039273..comments2024-03-28T13:37:15.609-07:00Comments on Up Close, with Peter Sage: Field Report: Pre-existing conditionsUp Close: Road to the White Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590477200706751934noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-48462569886153485432018-07-15T22:50:57.133-07:002018-07-15T22:50:57.133-07:00My son was born with a major medical issue. After ...My son was born with a major medical issue. After insurance, his weekly medical costs alone exceeded what I earned from working full time. It was financially beneficial for me to quit my job and drive 10 hours a week to Portland where he could get free treatment at Shriner's hospital. When my husband lost his job, my sons treatment specific to that medical condition was still covered through Shriner's, but we could not even purchase health insurance for our son for all other issues because he was born with a pre-existing condition. I was so thankful when that problem was fixed so other families wouldn't have to go through what we went through. To see that unravel is so sad. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1437688200491675121.post-60935639183897240932018-07-10T22:03:38.260-07:002018-07-10T22:03:38.260-07:00The insurance companies get the most revenue from ...The insurance companies get the most revenue from the jobs based system. It's expensive and complicated to administer and politically easy to keep in place, since they can play a shell game to hide who is really paying for it, given that most people have jobs and attendant insurance as a "benefit". Regressive politicians wring their hands and shed crocodile tears over the unfairness, and avoid taking responsibility for "the market", but they could change the system easily.<br /><br />Rick Millwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754486828557229893noreply@blogger.com