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You couldn't. I mean, speaking as the father of a child with kidney disease - forget it. Impossible. That freedom, the freedom to start a company even if you
by Vivtek 17y ago
You couldn't. I mean, speaking as the father of a child with kidney disease - forget it. Impossible. That freedom, the freedom to start a company even if your children are sick, is granted only to the very rich in this country.
Until - I hope - now. It remains to be seen how much hash was made of the bill during the sausage-making process.
- dcurtis 17y agoThis isn't really true. You can incorporate a company and as long as you have two US citizen employees, you can get a company health plan that bypasses pre-existing conditions. (This is true in California by law, but I am not sure about other states)
- abstractwater 17y agoVery interesting. Can you provide a quote/link of the legislation or some other authoritative sources about this?
- 100k 17y agoEnjoy getting screwed by your group rate with a pre-existing condition in a risk pool of that size.
- mediaman 17y agoThis is true only in the most technical sense -- health insurers are known for dropping entire small companies that have unusually high claims. The smaller the company, the faster they'll drop you.
- henrikschroder 17y agoWow, that this problem exists in the US wasn't even on my radar. I could understand that you couldn't do a startup because you might be too sick yourself or have to spend time caring for a sick family member, but the financial aspects of it never crossed my mind. Being from a country with universal healthcare completely moves that out of the picture. Now I understand why you guys on here think this is such a big deal to US startups.